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Disease-gene associations mined from literature

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Human genes for otomycosis

Otomycosis [DOID:0050147]

An otitis externa which is a disease of the ear produced by the growth of fungi in the external auditory canal. It is characterized by inflammation, pruritus, scaling and severe discomfort. The most common fungi are Aspergillus niger and Candida albicans.

Synonyms:  otomycosis,  DOID:0050147,  otomycosises,  Singapore ear,  Singapore ears

The disease-gene associations are derived from automatic text mining of the biomedical literature, manually curated database annotations, cancer mutation data, and genome-wide association studies. The confidence of each association is signified by stars, where ★★★★★ is the highest confidence and ★☆☆☆☆ is the lowest.

Developed by Sune Frankild, Alexander Junge, Albert Pallejà, Dhouha Grissa, Kalliopi Tsafou, and Lars Juhl Jensen from the Novo Nordisk Foundation Center for Protein Research.