Rare Respiratory Diseases: A Personal and a Public Health Problem

• Weitere Verfasser: Dasí, Francisco (Herausgegeben von)
• Format: Elektronisch Buchkapitel
• Sprache: Englisch
• Veröffentlicht: Basel MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute 2022
• Schlagworte: Medicine; Pharmacology; standard diagnosis; reference centres; clinical presentation; cilia; primary ciliary dyskinesia; alpha-1 antitrypsin deficiency; rare respiratory diseases; Mycobacterium avium; Mycobacterium intracellulare; nodular bronchiectasis; non-tuberculous mycobacteria; pulmonary aspergillosis; rare pulmonary disease; miRNA expression; exhaled breath condensate; sputum; severity; pulmonary exacerbation; alpha1 antitrypsin deficiency; augmentation therapy; replacement therapy; rare diseases; gene therapy; alpha-1-antitrypsin deficit; cystic fibrosis; neonatal respiratory distress; laterality defect; orphan diseases; PCD; immunofluorescence; antibody; ALI culture; bio-resource; primary nasal epithelium; diagnostics; Alpha-1 antitrypsin deficiency; liver disease; glutamate-oxaloacetate transaminase; glutamate-pyruvate transaminase; gamma-glutamyl transpeptidase; resilience; active lifestyle; stress levels; infection control measure; self-quarantine; flow cytometry; nasal epithelium; oxidative stress; reactive oxygen species; endoplasmic reticulum stress; antioxidant therapies; idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis; chronic obstructive pulmonary disease; bronchiectasis; asthma; emphysema; alpha1-antitrypsin deficiency; transient elastography; n/a
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Dear Colleagues, A rare disease, also known as an orphan disease, is any disease that affects a small percentage of the population. Although definitions vary from continent to continent, according to the European Union, rare diseases are those with a prevalence of less than 1 in 2000 people. Rare di...