Eur Respir Rev. 2013 Sep 1;22(129):199-201.

Future perspectives on rare pulmonary diseases and rare presentations of common disorders.

Harari S, Humbert M, Cottin V.

Unità Operativa di Pneumologia e Terapia Semi-Intensiva Respiratoria - Servizio di Fisiopatologia Respiratoria ed Emodinamica Polmonare-Ospedale San Giuseppe MultiMedica, Milan, Italy.
Centre National de Référence de l'Hypertension Pulmonaire Sévère, Hôpital Bicêtre, Hôpitaux Universitaires Paris-Sud, Assistance Publique Hôpitaux de Paris, Le Kremlin-Bicêtre
Hospices Civils de Lyon, Hôpital Louis Pradel, Service de pneumologie - Centre de référence national des maladies pulmonaires rares et Centre de compétences de l'hypertension artérielle pulmonaire, Lyon
Université de Lyon, Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1, INRA, UMR754 INRA-Vetagrosup EPHE IFR 128, Lyon, France.

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The International Congress on Pulmonary Rare Diseases and Orphan Drugs is a unique European event which, since 2005, has been held every 2 years in Milan, Italy. The 5th Congress was held in February 2013 (www.pulmonaryrarediseases.com) with the next Congress being held on February 27–28, 2015, in conjunction with World Rare Diseases Day and during the year of the Universal Exposition 2015, which will also take place in Milan. Over the years, the Congress has increasingly expanded; it has grown in importance and has become an important European, as well as international, event. Nowadays, this event is a well-known and eagerly awaited rendezvous, and has become a valuable asset for the entire international scientific community in the field of rare (orphan) pulmonary diseases.

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