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Centogene CentoMD 5.8

Aug 11, 2020

Centogene has released an update to its curated rare disease mutation database, CentoMD 5.8. This latest version includes more than 12.7 million unique variants, greater than 81,000 classified and curated variants, and over 199,000 individuals linked to HPO terms. Since December 2019, the number of cases in CentoMD has grown to more than 430,000, covering more than 120 countries.

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