Assessing rare diseases prevalence using literature quantification

Abstract Introduction Estimating the prevalence of diseases is crucial for the organization of healthcare. The amount of literature on a rare pathology could help differentiate between rare and very rare diseases. The objective of this work was to evaluate to what extent the number of publications c...

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Main Authors: Shourick Jason, Wack Maxime, Jannot Anne-Sophie
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2021-03-01
Series:Orphanet Journal of Rare Diseases
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s13023-020-01639-7