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CLOVES syndrome is a rare overgrowth syndrome with complex vascular anomalies. CLOVES syndrome affects people with various symptoms, ranging from mild fatty soft-tissue tumors to vascular malformations encompassing the spine or internal organs.
The zebra has been used as a symbol for rare diseases since around 1940. Dr. Theodore Woodward, a professor at the University of Maryland's School of Medicine [1] used this term to teach students the basics of diagnosing disease: "When looking at a patient's symptoms, it is better to assume it is a common ailment, not a rare one – a horse rather than a zebra."
A. AA amyloidosis; Abdominal epilepsy; Abetalipoproteinemia; Absent adrenal gland; Absent pulmonary valve syndrome; Acheiropodia; Achondroplasia; Achromatopsia
Educating yourself about rare diseases can help spread the word and empathy.
In Japan, the legal definition of a rare disease is one that affects fewer than 50,000 patients in Japan, or about 1 in 2,500 people. [8] The European Commission on Public Health defines rare diseases as "life-threatening or chronically debilitating diseases which are of such low prevalence that special combined efforts are needed to address ...
There are more than 6,000 known rare diseases, and it is estimated that about 25 million Americans are affected by them (as of 2002). [2] Prior to the RDA was the Orphan Drug Act of 1983, which was designed to facilitate the development and commercialization of drugs to treat rare diseases, termed orphan drugs. This act, however, did not ...
Familial Alzheimer-like prion disease; Febrile infection-related epilepsy syndrome; Felty's syndrome; Fetal hydantoin syndrome; Fetal trimethadione syndrome; FG syndrome; Fitz-Hugh–Curtis syndrome; Fitzsimmons–Guilbert syndrome; Fleischer's syndrome; Floating–Harbor syndrome; Fountain syndrome; Franceschetti–Klein syndrome; Frank–Ter ...
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