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Thus, there is an acute need for a tandem repeats database that provides reliable and up to date information on both perfect and imperfect tandem repeats in the human genome and relates these to disease genes.<\/jats:p><jats:p>Results: This paper presents a web-accessible relational tandem repeats database that relates tandem repeats to gene locations and disease genes of the human genome. In contrast to other available databases, this database identifies both perfect and imperfect repeats of 1\u20132000 bp unit lengths. The utility of this database has been illustrated by analysing these repeats for their distribution and frequencies across chromosomes and genomic locations and between protein-coding and non-coding regions. 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