Belgian rare diseases plan in clinical pathology: identification of key biochemical diagnostic tests and establishment of reference laboratories and financing conditions

Abstract Background One objective of the Belgian Rare Diseases plan is to improve patients’ management using phenotypic tests and, more specifically, the access to those tests by identifying the biochemical analyses used for rare diseases, developing new financing conditions and establishing referen...

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Main Authors: Nathalie M. Vandevelde, Pieter Vermeersch, Katrien M. J. Devreese, Marie-Françoise Vincent, Béatrice Gulbis, François Eyskens, François Boemer, André Gothot, Viviane O. Van Hoof, Carolien Bonroy, Hedwig Stepman, Geert A. Martens, Xavier Bossuyt, Laurence Roosens, Julie Smet, Hilde Laeremans, Ilse Weets, Jean-Marc Minon, Kris Vernelen, Wim Coucke, Advisory Board of the Action 1 of the Belgian National Plan for Rare Diseases
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2021-02-01
Series:Orphanet Journal of Rare Diseases
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s13023-021-01728-1