From amyloidosis to Zellweger syndrome: how can the medical education system include thousands of rare diseases?

Abstract

Over 7000 rare diseases have been described in accordance with the European Union definition of a condition that affects fewer than one in 2000 people. An initial browse of Orphanet’s Rare Disease Directory reveals a plethora of disparate conditions, which would prove an insurmountable challenge should they all be represented in the medical curriculum.