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From: Six years’ accomplishment of the Initiative on Rare and Undiagnosed Diseases: nationwide project in Japan to discover causes, mechanisms, and cures

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Initiative on Rare and Undiagnosed Diseases (IRUD) diagnostic and research system. IRUD diagnostic and research system consists of six components indicated by underlines: IRUD Clinical Center (IRUD-CL), IRUD Clinical Specialists Subgroup (IRUD-CSS), IRUD Data Center (IRUD-DC), IRUD Analysis Center (IRUD-AC), IRUD Resource Center (IRUD-RC), and IRUD Coordination Center (IRUD-CC). IRUD-CC manages the IRUD Promoting Board (IRUD-PB), the highest decision-making organization. IRUD-CL manages the IRUD Diagnostic Board (IRUD-DB), which manages the process from the decision on patient entry to establishment of a final diagnosis. IRUD-CL and IRUD-CSS are integrated into IRUD Diagnostic Coordination, in which community clinics/hospitals belonging to the Local Medical Association participate. IRUD-CC also temporally serves as an IRUD-RC

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