NAME

Bio::Phenotype::OMIM::MiniMIMentry - Representation of a Mini MIM entry

SYNOPSIS

use Bio::Phenotype::OMIM::MiniMIMentry;

$mm = Bio::Phenotype::OMIM::MiniMIMentry->new( -description  => "The central form of ...",
                                               -created      => "Victor A. McKusick: 6/4/1986",
                                               -contributors => "Kelly A. Przylepa - revised: 03/18/2002",
                                               -edited       => "alopez: 06/03/1997" );

DESCRIPTION

This class representats of Mini MIM entries. This class is intended to be used together with a OMIM entry class.

FEEDBACK

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AUTHOR

Christian M. Zmasek

Email: czmasek-at-burnham.org or cmzmasek@yahoo.com

WWW: http://monochrome-effect.net/

Address:

Genomics Institute of the Novartis Research Foundation
10675 John Jay Hopkins Drive
San Diego, CA 92121

APPENDIX

The rest of the documentation details each of the object methods.

new

Title   : new
Usage   : $mm = Bio::Phenotype::OMIM::MiniMIMentry->new( -description  => "The central form of ...",
                                                         -created      => "Victor A. McKusick: 6/4/1986",
                                                         -contributors => "Kelly A. Przylepa - revised: 03/18/2002",
                                                         -edited       => "alopez: 06/03/1997" );

Function: Creates a new MiniMIMentry object.
Returns : A new MiniMIMentry object.
Args    : -description  => a description
          -created      => name(s) and date(s) (free form)
          -contributors => name(s) and date(s) (free form)
          -edited       => name(s) and date(s) (free form)

init

Title   : init()
Usage   : $mm->init();   
Function: Initializes this MiniMIMentry to all "".
Returns : 
Args    :

description

Title   : description
Usage   : $mm->description( "The central form of ..." );
          or
          print $mm->description();
Function: Set/get for the description field of the Mini MIM database.
Returns : The description.
Args    : The description (optional).

created

Title   : created
Usage   : $mm->created( "Victor A. McKusick: 6/4/1986" );
          or
          print $mm->created();
Function: Set/get for the created field of the Mini MIM database.
Returns : Name(s) and date(s) [scalar - free form].
Args    : Name(s) and date(s) [scalar - free form] (optional).

contributors

Title   : contributors
Usage   : $mm->contributors( "Kelly A. Przylepa - revised: 03/18/2002" );
          or
          print $mm->contributors();
Function: Set/get for the contributors field of the Mini MIM database.
Returns : Name(s) and date(s) [scalar - free form].
Args    : Name(s) and date(s) [scalar - free form] (optional).

edited

Title   : edited
Usage   : $mm->edited( "alopez: 06/03/1997" );
          or
          print $mm->edited();
Function: Set/get for the edited field of the Mini MIM database.
Returns : Name(s) and date(s) [scalar - free form].
Args    : Name(s) and date(s) [scalar - free form] (optional).

to_string

Title   : to_string()
Usage   : print $mm->to_string();
Function: To string method for MiniMIMentry objects.
Returns : A string representations of this MiniMIMentry.
Args    :