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Online Mendelian Inheritance in Man (OMIM)

With over 14,000 entries, OMIM, maintained by Dr. Victor A. McKusick and his colleagues at Johns Hopkins University, represents a comprehensive and constantly updated catalog of inherited diseases.

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