We would like to express our gratitude to the all CDG patient organizations and professionals who actively partnered with us in conducting this community-centered research led by the CDG & Allies \u2013 Patient Advocacy and International Research Network. We would also like to acknowledge the support of MetaBERN and FCDGC, as well as other CDG patient organizations worldwide, namely CDG Care, CDG Mexico, and Si...
Funding Information: We would like to express our deepest gratitude for the invaluable financial support received from collective donations made by families affected by CDG and professionals in the field. Furthermore, we wish to acknowledge the substantial commitment of voluntary time given by numerous members from the CDG & Allies-PPAIN. Their dedication and collaboration were instrumental in the completion of...
Funding Information: Dorinda da Silva acknowledge the funding from LA/P/0045/2020 (ALiCE), funded by national funds through FCT/MCTES (PIDDAC). Pedro Granjo was supported by CDG & Allies funding. Cláudia de Freitas acknowledges funding from the Foundation for Science and Technology-FCT under the Laboratório para a Investigação Integrativa e Translacional em Saúde Populacional (ITR) (LA/P/0064/2020), the individ...
Sandra Brasil was supported by CDG & Allies—PPAIN funding. Publisher Copyright: © 2022 by the authors.; Background: Clinical management guidelines (CMGs) are decision support tools for patient care used by professionals, patients, and family caregivers. Since clinical experts develop numerous CMGs, their technical language hinders comprehension and access by nonmedical stakeholders. Additionally, the views of a...
Funding Information: Funding. This work was supported by the CDG Professionals and Patient Associations International Network (CDG & Allies ?PPAIN) and Portuguese Association for Congenital Disorders of Glycosylation (APCDG). The authors confirmed independence from any sponsors.; More than 7,000 rare diseases (RDs) exist worldwide, affecting approximately 350 million people, out of which only 5% have treatment....
Dorinda Marques-da-Silva acknowledges the support from the Rare Disease Foundation’s microgrant and ‘Liliana Scientific Scholarship’; Rita Francisco acknowledges Fundação para a Ciência e Tecnologia for the grant SFRH/BD/124326/2016 awarded to her.; Congenital disorders of glycosylation (CDG) are ultra-rare diseases showing a great phenotypic diversity ranging from mono-to multi-organ/multisystem involvement. L...