The Complete Directory for People with Rare Disorders

Download or read book The Complete Directory for People with Rare Disorders written by National Organization for Rare Disorders and published by Sedgwick Press. This book was released on 2002 with total page 828 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This reference for lay readers and health care professionals presents information on disorders affecting fewer than 200,000 people in the U.S. at any one time. Each of the more than 1,100 entries describes the characteristics, causes, and symptoms of a particular disorder. The extensively cross-referenced volume also features profiles of 680 disease specific organizations as well as 629 umbrella organizations and 77 government agencies. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR