Follicular lymphoma is listed as a "rare disease" by the Office of
Rare Diseases (ORD) of the National Institutes of Health
(NIH). This means that Follicular lymphoma, or a subtype of Follicular lymphoma,
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 Follicular lymphoma as a "rare disease".
Source - Orphanet
Follicular lymphoma: Introduction
Gender Ratio for Follicular lymphoma: slight female predominance
Complications of Follicular lymphoma:
see complications of Follicular lymphoma
Causes of Follicular lymphoma: see causes of Follicular lymphoma
Symptoms of Follicular lymphoma: see symptoms of Follicular lymphoma
Complications of Follicular lymphoma: see complications of Follicular lymphoma
Diagnostic testing: see tests for Follicular lymphoma.
Misdiagnosis: see misdiagnosis and Follicular lymphoma.
Treatments for Follicular lymphoma:
see treatments for Follicular lymphoma
Research for Follicular lymphoma:
see research for Follicular lymphoma
Main name of condition: Follicular lymphoma
Other names or spellings for Follicular lymphoma:
Lymphoma, follicular
Source - Office of Rare Diseases (ORD) of the National Institutes of Health (NIH)
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