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.

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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    :