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Prevalence and demographics of 331 rare diseases and associated COVID-19-related mortality among 58 million individuals: a nationwide retrospective observational study

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The Global Burden of Disease Study has provided key evidence to inform clinicians, researchers, and policy makers across common diseases, but no similar effort with a single-study design exists for hundreds of rare diseases. Consequently, for many rare conditions there is little population-level evidence, including prevalence and clinical vulnerability, resulting in an absence of evidence-based care that was prominent during the COVID-19 pandemic. We aimed to in... Expand abstract
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Published
Peer review status:
Peer reviewed

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10.1016/s2589-7500(24)00253-x

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Funder identifier:
https://ror.org/02wdwnk04
Grant:
HDRUK2023.0234


Publisher:
Elsevier
Journal:
Lancet Digital Health More from this journal
Volume:
7
Issue:
2
Pages:
e145-e156
Publication date:
2025-01-29
Acceptance date:
2024-11-13
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EISSN:
2589-7500
Pmid:
39890245


Language:
English
Pubs id:
2082966
Local pid:
pubs:2082966
Deposit date:
2025-02-06

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