Hypokalemic periodic paralysis: a model for a clinical and research approach to a rare disorder.

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Rare diseases have attracted little attention in the past from physicians and researchers. The situation has recently changed for several reasons. First, patient associations have successfully advocated their cause to institutions and governments. They were able to argue that, taken together, rare diseases affect approximately 10% of the population in developed countries. Second, almost 80% of rare diseases are...

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