Rare Diseases Epidemiology: Update and Overview

This second edition of the book about Rare Diseases Epidemiology aims to highlight the progress of rare diseases research and related activities since the first volume published. As with the previous book, this update provides a comprehensive list of issu

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Manuel Posada de la Paz Domenica Taruscio Stephen C. Groft Editors

Rare Diseases Epidemiology: Update and Overview Second Edition

Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology Volume 1031

Editorial Board IRUN R. COHEN, The Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, Israel ABEL LAJTHA, N.S. Kline Institute for Psychiatric Research, Orangeburg, NY, USA JOHN D. LAMBRIS, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA RODOLFO PAOLETTI, University of Milan, Milan, Italy NIMA REZAEI, Tehran University of Medical Sciences Children’s Medical Center, Tehran, Iran

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Manuel Posada de la Paz  •  Domenica Taruscio Stephen C. Groft Editors

Rare Diseases Epidemiology: Update and Overview Second Edition

Editors Manuel Posada de la Paz RDR and CIBERER Instituto de Salud Carlos III Madrid, Spain

Domenica Taruscio Centro Nazionale Malattie Rare Istituto Superiore di Sanita Roma, Italy

Stephen C. Groft National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences National Institutes of Health Bethesda, MD, USA

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Preface

The Power of one and the Power of Many: Patient Advocacy and its Influence on Rare Disease Research – Evolutionary and Revolutionary Factors In this updated book, the Editors have invited Jo