Rare disease

A rare disease has such a low prevalence in a population that a doctor in a busy general practice would not expect to see more than one case a year. Rare diseases, including those of genetic origin, are life-threatening or chronically debilitating diseases which are of such low prevalence that special combined efforts are needed to address them.

Related Topics:
Prevalence - Doctor - General practice - Genetic

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