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Hedwig Ma D'Agnolo1, Wietske Kievit2, Raul J Andrade3, Tom Hemming Karlsen4, Heiner Wedemeyer5, Joost Ph Drenth1.
Abstract
The exposure of clinicians to patients with rare gastrointestinal diseases is limited. This hurts clinical studies, which impedes accumulation of scientific knowledge on the natural disease course, treatment outcomes and prognosis in these patients. An excellent method to detect patterns on an aggregate level that would not be possible to discover in individual cases, is a registry study. This paper aims to describe a template to create a successful international registry for rare diseases. We focus mainly on rare hepatic diseases, but lessons from this paper serve other fields in medicine, as well.Entities:
Keywords: Clinical registry; database; gastrointestinal disease; liver disease; liver transplantation; practical guide; rare diseases; rare liver disorders; registry design
Year: 2015 PMID: 27403298 PMCID: PMC4924439 DOI: 10.1177/2050640615618042
Source DB: PubMed Journal: United European Gastroenterol J ISSN: 2050-6406 Impact factor: 4.623