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+# return classes that are descendants of DOID:17 (musculoskeletal system disease)
+
+PREFIX obo: <http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/>
+PREFIX owl: <http://www.w3.org/2002/07/owl#>
+PREFIX rdfs: <http://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#>
+PREFIX oboInOwl: <http://www.geneontology.org/formats/oboInOwl#>
+
+SELECT ?id ?label ?definition WHERE {
+	?s a owl:Class .
+	?s oboInOwl:id ?id .
+	?s rdfs:label ?label .
+	?s obo:IAO_0000115 ?definition .
+	?s rdfs:subClassOf* obo:DOID_17 . 
+}
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