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Need expert help here. what are some very rare genetic disorders?
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Many of them: There are numerous genetic disorders that are rare. A disease is defined rare in europe when it affects less than 1 in 2000, or in the usa when it affects less than 200, 000 americans at any given time. Some rare disorders happen only 1 in 5, 000, 000. Random examples of some rare conditions are: cantu syndrome, betaketothiolase deficiency, metachromatic leukodystrophy, alexander disease, etc.
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