Goodpasture syndrome: Goodpasture syndrome is a rare disease that can affect the lungs and kidneys. It is an autoimmune disease, a condition in which the ... more about Goodpasture syndrome.
Goodpasture syndrome: A rare disease involving inflammation of membranes in the lung and kidneys. More detailed information about the symptoms, causes, and treatments of Goodpasture syndrome is available below.
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Goodpasture syndrome is a rare disease that can affect the lungs and kidneys. It is an autoimmune disease, a condition in which the body's own defense system reacts against some part of the body itself. (Source: excerpt from Goodpasture Syndrome: NIDDK)
Goodpasture syndrome is listed as a "rare disease" by the Office of
Rare Diseases (ORD) of the National Institutes of Health
(NIH). This means that Goodpasture syndrome, or a subtype of Goodpasture syndrome,
affects less than 200,000 people in the US population.
Source - National Institutes of Health (NIH)
Ophanet, a consortium of European partners,
currently defines a condition rare when it affects 1 person per 2,000.
They list Goodpasture syndrome as a "rare disease".
Source - Orphanet
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