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OMIM®
- Online Mendelian Inheritance in Man® |
Welcome to OMIM®,
Online Mendelian Inheritance in Man®.
OMIM is a comprehensive, authoritative, and timely compendium of human genes and
genetic phenotypes. The full-text, referenced overviews in OMIM
contain information on all known mendelian disorders and over 12,000
genes. OMIM focuses on the relationship between phenotype and genotype.
It is updated daily, and the entries contain copious links to other
genetics resources.
This database was initiated in the early 1960s by Dr. Victor A.
McKusick as a catalog of mendelian traits and disorders, entitled
Mendelian Inheritance in Man (MIM). Twelve book editions of MIM were
published between 1966 and 1998. The online version, OMIM, was created
in 1985 by a collaboration between the National Library of Medicine and
the William H. Welch Medical Library at Johns Hopkins. It was made
generally available on the internet starting in 1987. In 1995, OMIM
was developed for the World Wide Web by NCBI, the National Center for
Biotechnology Information.
OMIM is authored and edited at the McKusick-Nathans Institute of
Genetic Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, under
the direction of Dr. Ada Hamosh.
NOTE: 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. While
the OMIM database is open to the public, users seeking information
about a personal medical or genetic condition are urged to consult
with a qualified physician for diagnosis and for answers to personal
questions.
OMIM
® and Online Mendelian Inheritance
in Man
® are registered trademarks of the Johns Hopkins University.