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Online Mendelian Inheritance In Man (OMIM)

  1. Ada Hamosh,
  2. Alan F. Scott*,
  3. Joanna Amberger,
  4. David Valle,
  5. Victor A. McKusick

Article first published online: 27 DEC 1999

DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1098-1004(200001)15:1<57::AID-HUMU12>3.0.CO;2-G

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Human Mutation

Human Mutation

Special Issue: The HUGO Mutation Database Initiative: Issues, Databases, and Perspectives for the New Millennium

Volume 15, Issue 1, pages 57–61, January 2000

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Hamosh, A., Scott, A. F., Amberger, J., Valle, D. and McKusick, V. A. (2000), Online Mendelian Inheritance In Man (OMIM). Human Mutation, 15: 57–61. doi: 10.1002/(SICI)1098-1004(200001)15:1<57::AID-HUMU12>3.0.CO;2-G

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  1. McKusick-Nathans Institute of Genetic Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland

*McKusick-Nathans Institute of Genetic Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, 600 N. Wolfe Street, Blalock 1033, Baltimore, MD 21287

Publication History

  1. Issue published online: 27 DEC 1999
  2. Article first published online: 27 DEC 1999
  3. Manuscript Accepted: 7 OCT 1999
  4. Manuscript Received: 26 JUN 1999

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Keywords:

  • MDI;
  • OMIM;
  • MIM;
  • central database;
  • medical genetics;
  • electronic publication;
  • mutation database;
  • clinical genetics

Abstract

Online Mendelian Inheritance In Man (OMIM) is a public database of bibliographic information about human genes and genetic disorders. Begun by Dr. Victor McKusick as the authoritative reference Mendelian Inheritance in Man, it is now distributed electronically by the National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI). Material in OMIM is derived from the biomedical literature and is written by Dr. McKusick and his colleagues at Johns Hopkins University and elsewhere. Each OMIM entry has a full text summary of a genetic phenotype and/or gene and has copious links to other genetic resources such as DNA and protein sequence, PubMed references, mutation databases, approved gene nomenclature, and more. In addition, NCBI's neighboring feature allows users to identify related articles from PubMed selected on the basis of key words in the OMIM entry. Through its many features, OMIM is increasingly becoming a major gateway for clinicians, students, and basic researchers to the ever-growing literature and resources of human genetics. Hum Mutat 15:57–61, 2000. © 2000 Wiley-Liss, Inc.

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