# Phenotypic match strength

On the [Evidence page](evidence_page), each proband's phenotype is marked according to the degree of similarity to the phenotypes observed in the genetic condition presumably associated with a variant under review.

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## Phenotypic match strength levels:

### Exact match

Same term as in the clinical synopsis of the suspected disease

### Match by ascendance

Phenotypes share a parent term in the HPO hierarchy

### Indirect match

Phenotypes are closely related in the HPO hierarchy, but term relatedness is lower than in Match by ascendance

### Unmatch

The phenotype is not reported for the suspected disease.

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Each phenotypic match strength level is denoted by a particular icon next to the HPO term in the Case info tab of the [Case details panel](../cases_tab/case_details):

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