Rare Diseases and Orphan Drugs: Keys to Understanding and Treating the Common Diseases

by Jules J. Berman

Book Overview

Rare Diseases and Orphan Drugs shows that much of what we now know about common diseases has been achieved by studying rare diseases. It proposes that future advances in the prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of common diseases will come as a consequence of our accelerating progress in the field of rare diseases.

Understanding the complex steps in the development of common diseases, such as cancer, cardiovascular disease, and metabolic...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0124199887
• ISBN13: 9780124199880
• Release Date: June 2014
• Publisher: Academic Press
• Length: 400 Pages
• Weight: 1.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 6.1" x 9.1"