SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR RARE DISEASE PREDICTION

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A rare disease matching and prediction portal is provided where physicians can select a number of symptoms which are then matched with a list of rare diseases to produce candidate diseases, after which the candidate diseases are evaluated based on weighted lists of symptoms for each candidate disease to produce a confidence indicating a likelihood that a patient suffers from one of the rare diseases. Information curated from peer reviewed medical and scientific publications and other curated databases related to rare diseases are utilized to determine the weighted list of symptoms for each disease based on the prevalence of a symptom for a disease, and a customized algorithm is applied to determine the confidences from a list of candidate diseases. Along with the confidences, the portal may provide a disease profile for each disease which includes additional tests, specialized facilities and experts, and possible treatments for the candidate diseases.