Rare Disease
A rare disease, also referred to as an orphan disease, is any disease that affects a small percentage of the population.
Most rare diseases are genetic, and thus are present throughout the person's entire life, even if symptoms do not immediately appear. Many rare diseases appear early in life, and about 30 percent of children with rare diseases will die before reaching their fifth birthday.
No single cutoff number has been agreed upon for which a disease is considered rare. A disease may be considered rare in one part of the world, or in a particular group of people, but still be common in another.
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- Relevant Occupations
- Clinical Geneticist
- Paediatric Geneticist
Related Organisations
- AHUS Patient Support Group Australia (aPSGA)
- Acoustic Neuroma Association (ANAA)
- Aicardi Syndrome Foundation
- Albinism Fellowship of Australia (AFA)
- Alliance for Cryoglobulinemia
- Alport Syndrome Foundation (ASF)
- Alstorm Syndrome International (ASI)
- Angelman Syndrome Association Australia
- Association for the Wellbeing of Children in Healthcare (AWCH)
- AusEE Inc
