%0 Journal Article %T Exploring Rare Diseases in South Africa, a Personal Journey: Time for Electronic Record-keeping %A IL Ross %J Archive of "Annals of Medical and Health Sciences Research". %D 2016 %R 10.4103/2141-9248.180216 %X To draw robust conclusions about a particular disorder, adequate patient numbers are required. Many hospitals do not keep any records of diagnoses,[1] highlighting at least one challenge facing researchers in South Africa. This is on the background of limited funding available to researchers in South Africa, compared with the developed world %U https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4849110/