How many rare diseases are there?

M Haendel, N Vasilevsky, D Unni, C Bologa… - Nature reviews drug …, 2020 - nature.com
Nature reviews drug discovery, 2020nature.com
A lack of robust knowledge of the number of rare diseases and the number of people
affected by them limits the development of approaches to ameliorate the substantial
cumulative burden of rare diseases. Here, we call for coordinated efforts to more precisely
define rare diseases.
A lack of robust knowledge of the number of rare diseases and the number of people affected by them limits the development of approaches to ameliorate the substantial cumulative burden of rare diseases. Here, we call for coordinated efforts to more precisely define rare diseases.
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