Fibrodysplasia ossificans progressiva (FOP) is an extremely rare congenital condition that causes the body to grow a second skeleton, rendering patients immobile.

Rare and unusual psychiatric syndromes have fascinated people for centuries due to their complexity and ... To save content items to your Kindle, first ensure [email protected] is added to your ...

Every orthopaedic surgeon sees a small number of rare syndromes and unusual presentations. When we do come across such patients, we typically have to scramble to find information about the ...

Rare diseases aren’t as rare as the appellation suggests. For instance, according to the US Government Accountability Office, 30 million Americans have a rare disease, a little less than 10% of ...

However, only 5% of rare diseases are estimated to have at least one approved treatment, known as “orphan” therapies. A rare disease is any disease that affects a small percentage of the ...