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| Friday 28th February 2014 |
A disease or disorder is defined as rare in Europe when it affects fewer than 1 in 2000. A disease or disorder is defined as rare in the USA when it affects fewer than 200,000 Americans at any given time. So CLIPPERS is definitely rare on both counts and probably rare even for an officially rare disease. The hope is that by considering the relationships between rare conditions and more common ones, greater progress can be made in diagnosis, treatment and patient care.
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