Characteristics of patients contacting a center for undiagnosed and rare diseases

Orphanet Journal of Rare Diseases

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2016, Pages

  Mueller, Tobias ^a   Jerrentrup, Andreas ^a   Bauer, Max Jakob ^a   Fritsch, Hans Walter ^a   Schaefer, Juergen Rolf ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL MARBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Rare disease epidemiology; Undiagnosed disease program; Undiagnosed diseases

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL DISCOMFORT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTHRALGIA; ARTICLE; CHRONIC FATIGUE SYNDROME; FEMALE; FIBROMYALGIA; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; GERMAN (CITIZEN); HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH INSURANCE; HELP SEEKING BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; IRRITABLE COLON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; POLYNEUROPATHY; RARE DISEASE; RHEUMATIC DISEASE; SEX RATIO; SOFT TISSUE DISEASE; SOMATOFORM DISORDER; WEAKNESS; ADOLESCENT; FATIGUE SYNDROME, CHRONIC; IRRITABLE BOWEL SYNDROME; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; POLYNEUROPATHIES; QUESTIONNAIRE; RARE DISEASES; SOMATOFORM DISORDERS; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FATIGUE SYNDROME, CHRONIC; FEMALE; FIBROMYALGIA; HUMANS; IRRITABLE BOWEL SYNDROME; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYNEUROPATHIES; RARE DISEASES; SOMATOFORM DISORDERS; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84975789320     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17501172     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s13023-016-0467-2     Document Type: Article

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