Patient's perspective about research landscape for rare diseases in India

J Biosci. 2024;49:25.ABSTRACTI am writing this piece as the parent of a son diagnosed with Duchenne muscular dystrophy, a severely debilitating disease that not only impairs skeletal muscles of the limbs but is also life-threatening due to progressive weakening of the cardiac and diaphragm muscles. I have traversed the harrowing diagnostic, treatment, and management odyssey of a typical rare disease (RD) patient in India.PMID:38383970

Source: Journal of Biosciences - February 22, 2024 Category: Biomedical Science Authors: Ambrish Kapadia Source Type: research