Epidemiology of rare diseases is important

Why Studying Rare Diseases Is So Important: Do You Know of This Disease?

Some diseases affect many people and are of course very bad. Some other diseases affect just a few people and are called rare diseases. This sounds like a good thing but... if you are one of the few people affected by a rare disease, this is not a good thing! It is actually very bad because, often, pharmaceutical companies are not interested in developing a treatment for you because too few peo...

Why rare diseases are an important medical and social issue.

Rare diseases aff ect a limited number of individuals (defi ned as no more than one in 2000 individuals in the European Union and no more than about one in 1250 in the USA), but the number of disorders that fi t this defi nition is very large (>5000 according to WHO). Therefore, the number of patients aff ected by a rare disease could be about 30 million in Europe and 25 million in North Americ...

Rare Diseases Leading to Childhood Glaucoma: Epidemiology, Pathophysiogenesis, and Management

Noteworthy heterogeneity exists in the rare diseases associated with childhood glaucoma. Primary congenital glaucoma is mostly sporadic; however, 10% to 40% of cases are familial. CYP1B1 gene mutations seem to account for 87% of familial cases and 27% of sporadic cases. Childhood glaucoma is classified in primary and secondary congenital glaucoma, further divided as glaucoma arising in dysgenes...

orofacial manifestations of neurological diseases

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correct identification of animal host species is important in the diagnosis of zoonotic diseases