Linking to GeneTests

Link to the Home Page

Link your Web site to the GeneTests home page:

http://www.genetests.org or
http://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/GeneTests/?db=genetests

Create Link-Ins to Disease-Specific Results — Viewing Options

You may construct links directly to a number of specific destinations on the GeneTests Web site via the following^*:

• Gene symbol
• MIM number
• GeneTests disease ID
• GeneReview 'shortname'

Link to a menu of results via gene symbol^* or MIM number^*. The following strings yield the same search result (shown):

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/GeneTests/lab/gene/LPL

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/GeneTests/lab/mim/609708

Search result provides links to:

	A list of laboratories offering clinical testing for the related disorder
	A list of laboratories offering research testing for the related disorder
	An expert-authored peer-reviewed description of information on diagnosis, management, and genetic counseling for the disorder
	Relevant consumer-oriented resources worldwide

Link to disease-specific clinical testing via GeneTests disease ID^*. The following string yields a list of laboratories (shown) offering clinical testing for the relevant disease:

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/GeneTests/lab/clinical_disease_id/2764?db=genetests

Link to GeneReview using the GeneReview 'shortname'^*. The following string links to the relevant disease description (shown):

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/bookshelf/br.fcgi?book=gene&part=lpl

Download Link-In Terms

^* To download all terms needed to construct links to GeneTests search results (gene symbols, GeneTest IDs, GeneReview shortnames, MIM #s), go to ftp://ftp.ncbi.nih.gov/pub/GeneTests/.

(Revised 3-23-09)