OMIM -- Online Mendelian Inheritance in Man

URL:

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?db=OMIM

What you can do:

Find information on human genes and genetic disorders.

Highlights:

This database contains textual information and references and copious links to MEDLINE and sequence records in the Entrez system, and links to additional related resources at NCBI and elsewhere.
OMIM is intended for use primarily by physicians and other professionals concerned with genetic disorders, by genetics researchers, and by advanced students in science and medicine.
It currently contains 18,961 full-text entries describing phenotypes and genes.
To date, 2239 genes have mutations causing disease, and 3770 diseases have a molecular basis.
Approximately 70 new entries are added and 700 entries are updated per month.
OMIM is expanding content and organization in response to shifting biological paradigms and advancing biotechnology.

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This record last updated: 04-10-2009