"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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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Rare Diseases" by people in this website by year, and whether "Rare Diseases" was a major or minor topic of these publications.
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2007 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2008 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2009 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2010 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2011 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2012 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2013 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2015 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 2016 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 2017 | 4 | 2 | 6 |
| 2018 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2019 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2020 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2021 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 2022 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2025 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Rare Diseases" by people in Profiles.
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Belgrad J, McConnell E, Leonard S, Nolen N, Lauffer MC, Watts JK, Yu T, Yan WX, Aartsma-Rus A. The N=1 Collaborative: advancing customized nucleic acid therapies through collaboration and data sharing. Nucleic Acids Res. 2025 Apr 22; 53(8).
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Davidson BL, Gao G, Berry-Kravis E, Bradbury AM, B?nnemann C, Buxbaum JD, Corcoran GR, Gray SJ, Gray-Edwards H, Kleiman RJ, Shaywitz AJ, Wang D, Zoghbi HY, Flotte TR, Tauscher-Wisniewski S, Tifft CJ, Sahin M. Gene-based therapeutics for rare genetic neurodevelopmental psychiatric disorders. Mol Ther. 2022 07 06; 30(7):2416-2428.
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Sharma S, Chanana P, Bharadwaj R, Bhattacharya S, Arya R. Functional characterization of GNE mutations prevalent in Asian subjects with GNE myopathy, an ultra-rare neuromuscular disorder. Biochimie. 2022 Aug; 199:36-45.
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Bettio C, Salsi V, Orsini M, Calanchi E, Magnotta L, Gagliardelli L, Kinoshita J, Bergamaschi S, Tupler R. The Italian National Registry for FSHD: an enhanced data integration and an analytics framework towards Smart Health Care and Precision Medicine for a rare disease. Orphanet J Rare Dis. 2021 11 04; 16(1):470.
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Glenn DA, Hogan SL. Big Data and Glomerular Disease: Uncovering Common Outcomes of Rare Disease. J Am Soc Nephrol. 2021 09; 32(9):2106-2108.
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Pasquini TLS, Goff SL, Whitehill JM. Navigating the U.S. health insurance landscape for children with rare diseases: a qualitative study of parents' experiences. Orphanet J Rare Dis. 2021 07 15; 16(1):313.
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Hu YE, Ho GWK, Tortland PD. Deep Gluteal Syndrome: A Pain in the Buttock. Curr Sports Med Rep. 2021 Jun 01; 20(6):279-285.
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Abbott MA, Diebold WJ, Rosengren SS. Rejecting Gargoylism: Reflections on the term and its relationship to Hurler syndrome. Am J Med Genet C Semin Med Genet. 2021 06; 187(2):219-223.
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Finkel RS, Day JW, De Vivo DC, Kirschner J, Mercuri E, Muntoni F, Shieh PB, Tizzano E, Desguerre I, Quijano-Roy S, Saito K, Droege M, Dabbous O, Khan F, Renault L, Anderson FA, Servais L. RESTORE: A Prospective Multinational Registry of Patients with Genetically Confirmed Spinal Muscular Atrophy - Rationale and Study Design. J Neuromuscul Dis. 2020; 7(2):145-152.
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Seckeler MD, Moedano L, Mustacich D, Kalb BT, Saranathan M, Galons JP, Witte MH. Non-contrast MR lymphography of rare lymphatic abnormalities. Lymphology. 2020; 53(3):136-140.