"Rare Diseases" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
A large group of diseases which are characterized by a low prevalence in the population. They frequently are associated with problems in diagnosis and treatment.
| Descriptor ID |
D035583
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| MeSH Number(s) |
C23.550.291.906
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| Concept/Terms |
Rare Diseases- Rare Diseases
- Disease, Rare
- Diseases, Rare
- Rare Disease
Orphan Diseases- Orphan Diseases
- Disease, Orphan
- Diseases, Orphan
- Orphan Disease
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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Rare Diseases" by people in this website by year, and whether "Rare Diseases" was a major or minor topic of these publications.
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2004 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2005 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2006 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2007 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2008 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2010 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2011 | 0 | 7 | 7 |
| 2012 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2013 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2014 | 3 | 4 | 7 |
| 2015 | 5 | 3 | 8 |
| 2016 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 2017 | 7 | 3 | 10 |
| 2018 | 4 | 2 | 6 |
| 2019 | 8 | 2 | 10 |
| 2020 | 6 | 7 | 13 |
| 2021 | 5 | 4 | 9 |
| 2022 | 3 | 9 | 12 |
| 2023 | 4 | 6 | 10 |
| 2024 | 8 | 3 | 11 |
| 2025 | 6 | 0 | 6 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Rare Diseases" by people in Profiles.
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Autoantibody profiling to predict response to the anti-PD-1 therapy, pembrolizumab, in rare tumors. ESMO Open. 2025 Aug; 10(8):105518.
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Bridging psychiatry and rare genetic diseases: a scoping review of therapeutic strategies and diagnostic delay paired with healthcare economic burden analysis. Orphanet J Rare Dis. 2025 Aug 01; 20(1):393.
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Functional assays in Drosophila facilitate classification of variants of uncertain significance associated with rare diseases. Genome Res. 2025 Jul 01; 35(7):1473-1484.
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A meta-analysis of diagnostic yield and clinical utility of genome and exome sequencing in pediatric rare and undiagnosed genetic diseases. Genet Med. 2025 Jun; 27(6):101398.
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Update on Cancer Screening in Children with Syndromes of Bone Lesions, Hereditary Leiomyomatosis and Renal Cell Carcinoma Syndrome, and Other Rare Syndromes. Clin Cancer Res. 2025 Feb 03; 31(3):457-465.
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Assessing the supportive care needs of parents of children with rare diseases in Ireland. J Pediatr Nurs. 2025 Mar-Apr; 81:31-42.
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Telehealth Is Effective in the Evaluation of Individuals With Undiagnosed Rare Disorders: An Undiagnosed Diseases Network Study. Am J Med Genet A. 2025 Apr; 197(4):e63956.
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National virtual tumor boards to inform the management of children with rare cancers. Curr Opin Pediatr. 2025 Feb 01; 37(1):56-58.
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The "genetic test request": A genomic stewardship intervention for inpatient exome and genome orders at a tertiary pediatric hospital. Genet Med. 2025 Feb; 27(2):101330.
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De novo variants in the RNU4-2 snRNA cause a frequent neurodevelopmental syndrome. Nature. 2024 Aug; 632(8026):832-840.