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Disease-gene associations mined from literature

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Human genes for varicose veins

Varicose veins [DOID:799]

A vein disease that is characterized by swollen, twisted veins visible just under the surface of the skin.

Synonyms:  varicose veins,  DOID:799,  Varix (morphologic abnormality),  Venous ectasia,  Venous varices (disorder) ...

Linkouts:  OMIM

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, Albert Pallejà, Kalliopi Tsafou, and Lars Juhl Jensen from the Novo Nordisk Foundation Center for Protein Research.