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sällsynt sjukdom/diagnos

rare disease [ENGLISH]

A rare disease concerns a restricted number of patients in the general population and shows evidence of gravity (because it is life-threatening, invalidating or serious and chronic). The limit accepted in Europe is 5 people in 10,000 affected by the disease.

sällsynt sjukdom/diagnos [SWEDISH]

En sällsynt diagnos är när färre än fem av 10 000 drabbas av en viss sjukdom. Personer som lever med sällsynta diagnoser har ofta många olika behov av vård och behandling.

2024-01-29

Resources and references

Definitions have been translated into the Swedish language from the following sources:

  1. 1. American Society of Gene and Cell Therapy Glossary https://www.asgct.org/education/more-resources/glossary
  2. 2. Clinical Trials Information System https://www.ema.europa.eu/en/human-regulatory-overview/research-and-development/clinical-trials-human-medicines/clinical-trials-information-system
  3. 3. EMA Glossary of Regulatory Terms https://www.ema.europa.eu/en/about-us/glossaries/glossary-regulatory-terms
  4. 4. EMA Medical Terms simplifier https://www.ema.europa.eu/en/documents/other/ema-medical-terms-simplifier_en.pdf
  5. 5. Glossary of Terms used in EU Clinical Trials Register https://www.clinicaltrialsregister.eu/doc/EU_Clinical_Trials_Register_Glossary.pdf
  6. 6. Glossary of Terms U.S Food and Drug Administration https://www.fda.gov/patients/clinical-trials-what-patients-need-know/glossary-terms
  7. 7. National Human Genome Research Institute “Talking Glossary of Genomic and Genetic Terms” https://www.genome.gov/genetics-glossary/m#glossary
  8. 8. The Glossary for Advanced Therapies Regen. Med. Dec 2020 Vol. 15 No. 12 Suppl. 1
  9. 9. Toolkit For Patient Focused Therapy Development Glossary https://toolkit.ncats.nih.gov/glossary-2/

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