Melissa Haendel,Nicole Vasilevsky,Deepak Unni,Cristian Bologa,Nomi L. Harris,Heidi L. Rehm,Ada Hamosh,Gareth Baynam,Tudor Groza,Julie A. McMurry,Hugh Dawkins,Ana Rath,Courtney Thaxton,Giovanni Bocci,Marcin P. Joachimiak,Sebastian Köhler,Peter N. Robinson,Chris Mungall,Tudor I. Oprea
A lack of robust knowledge of the number of rare diseases and the number of people affected by them limits the development of approaches to ameliorate the substantial cumulative burden of rare diseases. Here, we call for coordinated efforts to more precisely define rare diseases. A lack of robust knowledge of the number of rare diseases and the number of people affected by them limits the development of approaches to ameliorate the substantial cumulative burden of rare diseases. Here, we call for coordinated efforts to more precisely define rare diseases.