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The Online version is called Online Mendelian Inheritance in Man (OMIM), which can be accessed with the Entrez database searcher of the National Library Of Medicine .

OMIM™ and Online Mendelian Inheritance in Man™ are trademarks of the Johns Hopkins University .


COLLECTION PROCESS

The information in this Database is collected and processed under the leadership of Dr. Victor A. McKusick at Johns Hopkins University , assisted by a team of Science writers and editors. Relevant articles are identified, discussed and written up in the relevant entries in the MIM database


THE MIM CODE

Every disease and Gene is assigned a six digit number of which the first number classifies the method of inheritance.


REFERENCES

  • Table from the OMIM FAQ

  • McKusick VA. Mendelian Inheritance in Man; A Catalog of Human Genes and Genetic Disorders. Baltimore, MD: The Johns Hopkins University Press, 1998. ISBN 0-8018-5742-2.



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