A call for global action for rare diseases in Africa

Gareth S. Baynam; Stephen Groft; Francois H. van der Westhuizen; Safiyya D. Gassman; Kelly du Plessis; Emily P. Coles; Eda Selebatso; Moses Selebatso; Boikobo Gaobinelwe; Tebogo Selebatso; Dipesalema Joel; Virginia A. Llera; Barend C. Vorster; Barbara Wuebbels; Benjamin Djoudalbaye; Christopher P. Austin; Judit Kumuthini; John Forman; Petra Kaufmann; James Chipeta; Désirée Gavhed; Annika Larsson; Maja Stojiljkovic; Ann Nordgren; Emilio J.A. Roldan; Domenica Taruscio; Durhane Wong-Rieger; Kristen Nowak; Gemma A. Bilkey; Simon Easteal; Sarah Bowdin; Juergen K.V. Reichardt; Sergi Beltran; Kenjiro Kosaki; Clara D.M. van Karnebeek; Mengchun Gong; Zhang Shuyang; Ruty Mehrian-Shai; David R. Adams; Ratna D. Puri; Feng Zhang; Nicholas Pachter; Maximilian Muenke; Christoffer Nellaker; William A. Gahl; Helene Cederroth; Stephanie Broley; Maryke Schoonen; Kym M. Boycott; Manuel Posada

doi:10.1038/s41588-019-0552-2

A call for global action for rare diseases in Africa

Gareth S. Baynam
, Stephen Groft
, Francois H. van der Westhuizen
, Safiyya D. Gassman
, Kelly du Plessis
, Emily P. Coles
, Eda Selebatso
, Moses Selebatso
, Boikobo Gaobinelwe
, Tebogo Selebatso
, Dipesalema Joel
, Virginia A. Llera
, Barend C. Vorster
, Barbara Wuebbels
, Benjamin Djoudalbaye
, Christopher P. Austin
, Judit Kumuthini
, John Forman
, Petra Kaufmann
, James Chipeta

Désirée Gavhed, Annika Larsson, Maja Stojiljkovic, Ann Nordgren, Emilio J.A. Roldan, Domenica Taruscio, Durhane Wong-Rieger, Kristen Nowak, Gemma A. Bilkey, Simon Easteal, Sarah Bowdin, Juergen K.V. Reichardt, Sergi Beltran, Kenjiro Kosaki, Clara D.M. van Karnebeek, Mengchun Gong, Zhang Shuyang, Ruty Mehrian-Shai, David R. Adams, Ratna D. Puri, Feng Zhang, Nicholas Pachter, Maximilian Muenke, Christoffer Nellaker, William A. Gahl, Helene Cederroth, Stephanie Broley, Maryke Schoonen, Kym M. Boycott, Manuel Posada

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Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	21-26
Number of pages	6
Journal	Nature Genetics
Volume	52
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1038/s41588-019-0552-2
Publication status	Published - 23 Dec 2019

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Baynam, G. S., Groft, S., van der Westhuizen, F. H., Gassman, S. D., du Plessis, K., Coles, E. P., Selebatso, E., Selebatso, M., Gaobinelwe, B., Selebatso, T., Joel, D., Llera, V. A., Vorster, B. C., Wuebbels, B., Djoudalbaye, B., Austin, C. P., Kumuthini, J., Forman, J., Kaufmann, P., ... Posada, M. (2019). A call for global action for rare diseases in Africa. Nature Genetics, 52(1), 21-26. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41588-019-0552-2

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