'A variant of uncertain significance' and the proliferation of human disease gene databases

<p>Abstract</p> <p>The rapid accumulation of mutation data has led to the creation of nearly 300 locus-specific mutation databases. These sites may contain a few dozen to almost 20,000 mutations for a given gene. Many of the mutations are uncharacterised and have no known effects o...

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Main Author: Nelson David R
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2005-03-01
Series:Human Genomics
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Online Access:http://www.humgenomics.com/content/2/1/70