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. 2018 Sep;6(17):329.
doi: 10.21037/atm.2018.09.04.

Rare diseases: the paradox of an emerging challenge

Elisa Danese  1 , Giuseppe Lippi  1
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Rare diseases: the paradox of an emerging challenge

Elisa Danese et al. Ann Transl Med. 2018 Sep.
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Conflicts of Interest: The authors have no conflicts of interest to declare.

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Cumulative prevalence of “rare diseases”.
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Peak of popularity of Google searches for “orphan diseases”, “cancer” and diabetes”.
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