Time for a Unified System of Mutation Description and Reporting: A Review of Locus-Specific Mutation Databases

Table 3.

Scoring of Locus-Specific Databases

Database Scores	0	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
No. of databases	5	2	4	10	12	13	26	14	5	3	0

↵Scores rated for ease of use and information content where 10 is the ideal database.
↵Top scoring databases that approximate the ideal are: Phenylananine hydroxylase homepage; A Syllabus of Human Haemoglobin Variants; Blood Group Antigens Homepage.