Template:OMIM5

OMIM:

Usage
This template creates an abbreviated reference citation to a specific numbered page at the Online Mendelian Inheritance in Man database.

 , where "#####" is the OMIM page number.

Results:

This template is good to use after the first OMIM citation (use the OMIM template instead for that) in an article/section, as it is too short and uninformative by itself to use in the first instance (and isn't a wikilink to the Mendelian Inheritance in Man article, since OMIM already does that). Also, OMIM2 can be used after OMIM3 to shorten a long list of OMIM citations.

Furthermore, this template can also be used in infoboxes, though OMIM2 (and its OMIM4 plainlinks variant) were specifically intended for this purpose; which is more appropriate really depends on the layout of the infobox. Use in infoboxes will probably not need OMIM as the first citation. A non-"plainlinks" version of OMIM4, with the standard external link icon, is also available at OMIM3, for use in infoboxes where it is not already clear that the links are external, and in regular article prose. OMIM5 should only be used when user confusion as to internal/external links is unlikely.

Example of use:
 * An infobox where the OMIM (among others) template appears in a "External information" table cell.

Where multiple OMIM citations are needed in such a cell, it may be prudent to use OMIM5 for the first OMIM citation and OMIM4 for subsequent ones.