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LOVD Documentation

Download the manual as one PDF file (390 KB)

· Introduction
· Installing LOVD
· Before you install
· Download & Extract
· Pre-install Setup
· Install process
· Administrator account details
· Configuring LOVD system settings
· Configuring LOVD modules
· LOVD Setup
· LOVD system settings
· Gene databases
· Creating new genes
· Editing genes
· Emptying genes
· Deleting genes
· Custom columns
· Variant vs. patient columns
· Managing patient columns
· Creating new columns
· Editing custom column default settings
· Deleting custom columns
· Downloading custom column data to text files
· Importing custom columns from text files
· Authorized users
· Creating new users
· Editing users
· Locking users from the system
· Deleting users
· Assigning curators to specific genes
· Submitters
· Creating new submitters
· Editing submitters
· Deleting submitters
· Custom links
· Creating new links
· Editing links
· Deleting links
· Modules
· Installing modules
· Enabling or disabling modules
· Uninstalling modules
· Available LOVD modules
· System logs
· What is logged by LOVD
· Viewing and searching through the logs
· Removing log entries
· Uninstalling LOVD
· LOVD Gene configuration area
· Gene settings
· Custom variant columns
· Curating variants
· Download or import variants
· Advanced edit features
· Find & Replace
· Copy Column
· Gene homepage
· News feed
· Variant and patient data
· Viewing and searching variant and patient data
· Advanced options
· Submitting variant and patient data
· Editing variant data
· Editing patient data
· Deleting variant or patient data
· Downloading data to text files
· Importing text files
· Database statistics
· Submitters
· Registering a new account
· Keeping your account up to date
· Keeping track of your submissions
· LOVD scripts
· Enabling the scripts
· GenBank File Uploader
· Reading Frame Checker
· Reference Sequence Parser
· Use of HTML within LOVD
· Updating LOVD
· Keeping your data secure
   

Last modified 2021/07/06 13:37:51 CEST

When using or discussing LOVD please refer to:
Fokkema IF, Taschner PE, Schaafsma GC, Celli J, Laros JF, den Dunnen JT (2011). LOVD v.2.0: the next generation in gene variant databases. Hum Mutat. 2011 May;32(5):557-63.

LOVD has received funding from the European Community's Seventh Framework Programme
(FP7/2007-2013) under grant agreement nº 200754 - the GEN2PHEN project.
Leiden University Medical Center, Netherlands
Ing. Ivo F.A.C. Fokkema, Dr. Johan T. den Dunnen