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Estimating the number of diseases – the concept of rare, ultra-rare, and hyper-rare

Smith, C. I. Edvard, Peter Bergman and Daniel W. Hagey. 2022. Estimating the number of diseases – the concept of rare, ultra-rare, and hyper...

Edvard Smith Edvard Smith

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An ICET-A survey on occult and emerging endocrine complications in patients with β-thalassemia major: Conclusions and recommendations

De Sanctis, Vincenzo, Ashraf T Soliman, Duran Canatan, Ploutarchos Tzoulis, Shahina Daar, Salvatore Di Maio, Heba Elsedfy, Mohamed A Yassin,...

Shahina Daar Shahina Daar
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