罕见病是一类慢性严重性疾病,半数罕见病患者在出生时或者儿童期即可发病,病情通常进展迅速,死亡率高。目前我国对罕见病认知严重不足,易误诊漏诊,部分罕见病无药可医,给患者诊治带来巨大阻碍。 推进儿童罕见病诊疗研究的发展,是儿童健康事业发展的重要内容之一,对于保障和改善民生、提高全民健康素质、实现中华民族伟大复兴的中国梦具有重要意义。为此, Science China Life Sciences (《中国科学:生命科学》英文版)特邀相关领域专家撰文,共同聚焦儿童罕见病,深入思考、探讨儿童罕见病的发生发展、诊断、治疗等疑难问题,为攻破儿童罕见病进行有益的探索。文章集成“ Frontiers in rare diseases ” 专刊 (“儿童罕见病专刊”), 于 2017 年 7 月正式出版。 篇目如下,敬请关注 EDITORIAL The challenge and promise of rare disease diagnosis in China REVIEW Towards efficiency in rare disease research: what is distinctive and important? RESEARCH PAPER ►Genome-wide analysis of differential DNA methylation in Silver-Russell syndrome ►AR mutations in 28 patients with androgen insensitivity syndrome (Prader grade0–3) ►Clinical feature and waveform in infantile nystagmus syndrome in children with FRMD7 gene mutations ►DICER1 mutations in twelve Chinese patients with pleuropulmonary blastoma ►Detection of FOXO1 break-apart status byfluorescence in situ hybridization in atypical alveolar rhabdomyosarcoma ►Correlation between BRAF V600E mutation and clinicopathological features in pediatric papillary thyroid carcinoma ►Whole-exome sequencing identified compound heterozygous variants in MMKS in a Chinese pedigree with Bardet-Biedl syndrome ►The clinical and genetic characteristics in children with mitochondrial disease in China ►Gene mutations and clinical phenotypes in Chinese children with Blau syndrome ►Analysis of genotypes and phenotypes in Chinese children with tuberous sclerosis complex LETTER TO THE EDITOR ►Berry syndrome: a rare cardiac malformation with extra-cardiac findings ►Detection of mycobacterial and viral DNA in Kikuchi-Fujimoto disease: an analysis of 153 Chinese pediatric cases ►Analysis of diagnosis and treatment of lipoblastomatosis 欢迎免费下载阅读: http://engine.scichina.com/publisher/scp/journal/SCLS/60/7?slug=Browse