10 years of CEMARA database in the AnDDI-Rares network: a unique resource facilitating research and epidemiology in developmental disorders in France.

ABSTRACT:

Background

In France, the Ministry of Health has implemented a comprehensive program for rare diseases (RD) that includes an epidemiological program as well as the establishment of expert centers for the clinical care of patients with RD. Since 2007, most of these centers have entered the data for patients with developmental disorders into the CEMARA population-based registry, a national online data repository for all rare diseases. Through the CEMARA web portal, descriptive demographic data, clinical data, and the chronology of medical follow-up can be obtained for each center. We address the interest and ongoing challenges of this national data collection system 10 years after its implementation.

Methods

Since 2007, clinicians and researchers have reported the "minimum dat

SUBMITTER: Messiaen C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8335940 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature