Attention to the Registry of Neglected Diseases: Idiopathic Granulomatous Mastitis as an Example

Document Type : Letter to Editor

Authors

1 Breast Diseases Research Center (BDRC), Cancer Institute, Faculty of Medicine, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran

2 Department of Surgery, Arash Women’s Hospital, School of Medicine, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran

3 Sina Trauma and Surgery Research Center, Faculty of Medicine, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran

4 Department of Vascular Surgery, Sina Hospital, Faculty of Medicine, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran

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 Dear Editor,

 

Many diseases in the world are infrequent, and constitute less of a burden for global health than common conditions. For some of them, there is a rival disease that is very serious or common, and has drawn all the attention of researchers and health policy-makers. Consequently, the latter (disease B) inspires all studies, and the former (disease A) is rather neglected. ...(Read more...)

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  • Receive Date: 12 July 2024
  • Revise Date: 16 October 2024
  • Accept Date: 09 November 2024
  • First Publish Date: 10 November 2024