Mutation (variation) databases and registries: A rationale for coordination of efforts

Nature Reviews Genetics

Volumn 12, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 881-

  Auerbach, Arleen D ^a   Burn, John ^b   Cassiman, Jean Jacques ^c   Claustres, Mireille ^d   Cotton, Richard G H ^e   Cutting, Garry ^f   Den Dunnen, Johan T ^g   El Ruby, Mona ^h   Vargas, Aida Falcon ⁱ   Greenblatt, Marc S ^j   MacRae, Finlay ^k   Matsubara, Yoichi ^l   Rimoin, David L ^m   Vihinen, Mauno ⁿ   Van Broeckhoven, Christine ^o  

^a ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^d MONTPELLIER UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^f JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^g LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^h NATIONAL RESEARCH CENTRE   (Egypt)

ⁱ Hospital de Clinicas Caracas   (Venezuela)

^j UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT   (United States)

^k ROYAL MELBOURNE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^l TOHOKU UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^m CEDARS SINAI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

ⁿ TAMPERE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Finland)

^o UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GENETIC DATABASE; GENETIC DISORDER; HEALTH CARE; HUMAN; LETTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

DATABASES, GENETIC; HUMANS;

EID: 81355160214     PISSN: 14710056     EISSN: 14710064     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nrg3011-c1     Document Type: Letter

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