Emergency guidelines
The emergency guidelines are articles which are expert-authored and peer-reviewed. They are intended to guide health care professionals in emergency situations.
They are not yet available in the six languages of Orphanet or for all rare diseases.
List of diseases in alphabetical order |
To view a specific article, access the alphabetical disease list or search by the full disease name.
- For the first option, click on the first letter of the disease name.
- For the second option, put your requested disease name in the query zone and click OK to validate.
You may use truncated names. A list of all diseases matching your query will appear. Select the disease of interest to you.
Information in Orphanet is updated on a regular basis.
It may happen that new discoveries are made in between updates and do not yet appear in the disease profile. The date of the last update is always indicated. Professionals are always encouraged to consult the most recent publications before making any decisions based on the information provided.
The provided information is based on published scientific articles. These general texts may not apply to specific cases, due to the extensive variability of disease expression. It is of the utmost importance to check if the information is relevant or not to a specific case.
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