 Rare Diseases
"Rare Diseases" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
A large group of diseases which are characterized by a low prevalence in the population. They frequently are associated with problems in diagnosis and treatment.
| Descriptor ID |
D035583
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| MeSH Number(s) |
C23.550.291.906
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| Concept/Terms |
Rare Diseases- Rare Diseases
- Disease, Rare
- Diseases, Rare
- Rare Disease
Orphan Diseases- Orphan Diseases
- Disease, Orphan
- Diseases, Orphan
- Orphan Disease
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2005 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 2009 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 2011 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2014 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 2015 | 1 | 1 | 2 | | 2016 | 0 | 2 | 2 | | 2017 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Rare Diseases" by people in Profiles.
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Sheppard S, Shah R, Madrigrano A, Kopkash K. Malignant Phyllodes: A Presentation of Two Patients with a Rare Disease. Am Surg. 2017 Dec 01; 83(12):e478-479.
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Ory DS, Ottinger EA, Farhat NY, King KA, Jiang X, Weissfeld L, Berry-Kravis E, Davidson CD, Bianconi S, Keener LA, Rao R, Soldatos A, Sidhu R, Walters KA, Xu X, Thurm A, Solomon B, Pavan WJ, Machielse BN, Kao M, Silber SA, McKew JC, Brewer CC, Vite CH, Walkley SU, Austin CP, Porter FD. Intrathecal 2-hydroxypropyl-ß-cyclodextrin decreases neurological disease progression in Niemann-Pick disease, type C1: a non-randomised, open-label, phase 1-2 trial. Lancet. 2017 Oct 14; 390(10104):1758-1768.
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Jones RL. Understanding sarcomas and other rare tumors: an interview with Robin L Jones. Future Oncol. 2017 Feb; 13(5):391-394.
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Bakhos CT, Wang SC, Tedesco KL, DeJesus AD, Nozad S, Depan HJ. Primary Neuroendocrine Carcinoma of the Middle Mediastinum Involving the Right Main Pulmonary Artery. Ann Thorac Surg. 2016 Apr; 101(4):1594-6.
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Lee ATJ, Huang PH, Pollack SM, Jones RL. Drug repositioning in sarcomas and other rare tumors. EBioMedicine. 2016 Apr; 6:4-5.
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Rosen LE, Singh RI, Vercillo M, Gattuso P. Myoepithelial carcinoma of the lung: a review. Appl Immunohistochem Mol Morphol. 2015 Jul; 23(6):397-401.
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Agnihotri SP, Koralnik IJ. Training for a neurology career in a rare disease: The role of cyberconsults. Ann Neurol. 2015 May; 77(5):738-40.
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Russell JO, Revenaugh PC, Budd GT, Greskovich J, Scharpf J. Failed organ preservation strategy for adult laryngeal embryonal rhabdomyosarcoma. Am J Otolaryngol. 2015 Mar-Apr; 36(2):277-9.
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Blanco LZ, Heagley DE, Montebelli F, Gabrielli E, Reddy V, Ghai R, Gattuso P. Cytologic features of sclerosing hemangioma of the lung on crush preparations. Diagn Cytopathol. 2013 Mar; 41(3):242-6.
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Weathers AL, Lewis SL. Rare and unusual ... or are they? Less commonly diagnosed encephalopathies associated with systemic disease. Semin Neurol. 2009 Apr; 29(2):136-53.
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