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The case for locus-specific databases

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Locus-specific databases are the most useful repositories of the sequence information underlying medical genetic conditions and, for this reason, they need our continued support.

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Acknowledgements

G.A.R. is grateful for the support received through his positions as Canada Research Chair and Jeanne-et-J.-Louis-Levesque Chair for the Genetics of Brain Diseases.

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  1. Mark E. Samuels and Guy A. Rouleau are at Ste-Justine Hospital Research Center and Department of Medicine, University of Montreal, 3175 Cote Ste-Catherine, Montreal, Quebec H3T 1C5, Canada.,

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DATABASES

Cystic Fibrosis Mutation Database

GWAS Central

HGMD

LOVD

MutaDATABASE

MutaREPORTER

OMIM database

PhenExplorer

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Human Genome Variation Society

Human Variome Project

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Samuels, M., Rouleau, G. The case for locus-specific databases. Nat Rev Genet 12, 378–379 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1038/nrg3011

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