"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 |
| 2010 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2011 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2014 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2015 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2016 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2017 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2019 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2021 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2022 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2024 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Rare Diseases" by people in Profiles.
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Collaborative research in myositis-related disorders: MIHRA, a global shared community model. Clin Exp Rheumatol. 2024 Feb; 42(2):207-212.
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Gene-based therapeutics for rare genetic neurodevelopmental psychiatric disorders. Mol Ther. 2022 07 06; 30(7):2416-2428.
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Clinical trial strategies for rare neurodevelopmental disorders: challenges and opportunities. Nat Rev Drug Discov. 2021 09; 20(9):653-654.
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Pulmonary Capillaritis in a Patient With Antisynthetase Syndrome and Anti-PL-7 Antibodies. J Clin Rheumatol. 2019 09; 25(6):e91-e92.
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Malignant Phyllodes: A Presentation of Two Patients with a Rare Disease. Am Surg. 2017 Dec 01; 83(12):e478-479.
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Intrathecal 2-hydroxypropyl-?-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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Understanding sarcomas and other rare tumors: an interview with Robin L Jones. Future Oncol. 2017 Feb; 13(5):391-394.
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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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Drug repositioning in sarcomas and other rare tumors. EBioMedicine. 2016 Apr; 6:4-5.
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Myoepithelial carcinoma of the lung: a review. Appl Immunohistochem Mol Morphol. 2015 Jul; 23(6):397-401.