Reseña

An essential text
In this first edition, the authors are honored to have
authors to have the participation of distinguished
national and international professionals and experts
and international experts with their contribution of cases
and personal observations, delivering all their experience
their experience for the benefit of the students
for the benefit of students
and doctors who are passionate about the rare, the unusual, the infrequent unusual, the infrequent, such as the so-called rare diseases.
rare diseases.
The time of change that the University of Guayaquil is living
of Guayaquil needs its resurgence from the ashes of ignominy
from the ashes of ignominy, with the scientific contribution
scientific contribution, to return to the academy, with the
participation of all its members,
and students, in order to guarantee the quality
quality and reach excellence in the teaching of future
teaching of future doctors. This is my new
my new contribution to my University, to my Faculty.
Faculty.
It is not common to see texts on rare diseases
rare diseases, few doctors feel motivated
motivated by this type of pathologies, however, they
they exist, they are there, it is not uncommon to see that our
it is not uncommon to see them in our office for reasons other than
their basic disease, we can observe them, some already come with a diagnosis and others have not even been studied in the least, denying them not even been studied in the slightest, denying them many years of life but above all quality of life. of life but above all quality of life.
The modern design of the work, as always seeking academic excellence, the impression of academic excellence, the impression of the highest
quality, trying to maintain the idea that in an atlas that in an Atlas "a photo is diagnostic".
More than 90% of the photos used come from our personal archives.
from our personal archives as authors, the rest are collaborations of Ecuadorian of Ecuadorian doctors, teachers of our of our Faculty, and to a lesser foreign doctors. Perhaps some photos do not show the expected technical expected technical quality, since time has spoiled them.
However, they do not fail to show the pathology.
In our country, rare diseases (I will refer to them in more detail in the introduction), are still less than forgotten, we do not have a simple cadastre of and what to speak of specialists, and specialized laboratories to do a simple sequencing of a a simple DNA sequencing. On Finally, the health authorities and the medical medical associations maintain a worrying indifference.
I believe it is my duty as a physician to point out explicitly that these pathologies are pathologies are present in our community,
although they are a minority, they are not isolated cases isolated cases, and it is ignorance, the lack of specific health specific health policies, such as family genetic genetic family counseling, make them exist and
and prevail in our society.

The authors hope that you will find in this in this text useful information to approach the the growing and complex world of rare and
of rare and enigmatic diseases.
We are confident that the text will be a valuable tool valuable tool for the education of your your learners and anyone with an interest and passion for interest and passion for rare diseases.
unusual diseases.
Our most sincere appreciation for this disinterested contribution of national and international who collaborated to make this work a reality.
a reality.

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