Rare diseases research in China: Opportunities, challenges, and solutions

Intractable and Rare Diseases Research

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 10-12

  Han, Jinxiang ^a   Cui, Yazhou Cui ^a   Zhou, Xiaoyan ^a  

^a BEIJING HOSPITAL   (China)

Author keywords

China; development; epidemiology; Rare disease

Indexed keywords

EID: 84896840154     PISSN: 21863644     EISSN: 2186361x     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5582/irdr.2012.v1.1.10     Document Type: Article

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