Updated 06/08/2012 10:32 AM Your Health: Clinic of last resort
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patients wait years for a definitive diagnosis. Using a unique
combination of scientific and medical expertise and resources at
the National Institutes of Health (NIH), the Undiagnosed
Diseases Program pursues two goals: • To provide answers to
patients with mysterious conditions that have long eluded
diagnosis • To advance medical knowledge about rare and common
diseases NIH Undiagnosed Diseases Program The UDP was started in
2008 as a federal research project to learn more about what
causes illness and how to treat it. About 40 percent of those
who apply to the program are children. A longstanding medical
condition that eludes diagnosis by a referring physician can be
considered undiagnosed and may be of interest to this clinical
research program. Of the total number of cases that are referred
to this program, a very limite