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Meanings of rare diseases in English

Russian
орфанные заболевания
Portuguese
doença rara
Spanish
enfermedades poco frecuentes
Catalan
malaltia orfe

Disease that affects a small percentage of the population.

Related terms
орфанные заболевания
Usage of rare diseases in English
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Twenty common diseases are linked to 85 rare diseases by shared phenotypes.
Pubmed
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It would create incentives for companies to develop drugs for rare diseases.
Reuters
3
The survey found that doctors lack awareness of research on rare diseases.
Pubmed
4
Up to 8 per cent of Irish children suffer from rare diseases.
The Irish Times
5
Genzyme is the world's most successful developer of drugs for rare diseases.
Reuters
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Loss-of-function variants in LMNA cause a range of rare diseases, including cardiomyopathy.
Pubmed
7
The combination would create a giant in the treatment of rare diseases.
Reuters
8
Shire would add new growth platforms in neuroscience and rare diseases.
The Guardian
9
These challenges are compounded for patients of color with rare diseases.
Ebony
10
Retrophin is also testing a drug for two rare diseases in late-stage studies.
Reuters
11
Rapamycin interferes with the defective genes that cause the rare diseases.
Reuters
12
Currently, control of rare diseases has become a national concern.
Pubmed
13
The title for his presentation is: Learning from patients: how rare diseases inform immunology.
The Irish Times
14
Successes from the test bed or rare diseases will support approaches to common disease.
Pubmed
15
Both are development-stage companies that are aiming to treat rare diseases, among other conditions.
Reuters
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Access to treatment for people of color with rare diseases can also be problematic.
Ebony