Description: It aims to be comprehensive (not only complete, but collated, integrated, and interpreted), authoritative (not only accurate but sound in its interpretations and judgements), and timely (not only up-to-date but historically dimensioned).The twelfth edition of this classic reference work includes: More than 2,000 new entries; A total of more than 9,000 entries; New features and enhancement of the familiar old features; Mapping information on more than 4,000 genes of known function; Information on specific point mutations responsible for more than 700 genetic disorders or neoplasms
Brief description: Victor A. McKusick, M.D., is University Professor of Medical Genetics at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. He was formerly William Osler Professor and Chairman of the Department of Medicine at that institution and Physician-in-Chief of the Johns Hopkins Hospital. He is co-founder and co-director of the Short Course in Medical and Experimental Mammalian Genetics, held annually in Bar Harbor, Maine, since 1960.
Review Quotes: From a review of the eleventh edition Even the convenience of computer-based forms of MIM cannot eliminate the need for MIM in book form. The preface provides a wonderful synopsis of human genetics. The information contained in this text serves as a concise review for those with a genetics background.
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