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Orphanet J Rare Dis
August 2024
Department of Health Economics, Wellbeing and Society, National Centre for Epidemiology and Population Health, Australian National University, 63 Eggleston Road, Canberra, ACT, 2601, Australia.
Background: People with a rare disease commonly experience long delays from the onset of symptoms to diagnosis. Rare diseases are challenging to diagnose because they are clinically heterogeneous, and many present with non-specific symptoms common to many diseases. We aimed to explore the experiences of people with myositis, primary immunodeficiency (PID), and sarcoidosis from symptom onset to diagnosis to identify factors that might impact receipt of a timely diagnosis.
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May 2021
Department of Family Medicine, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada.