Fig. 2: Consequences of misdiagnosis. | European Journal of Human Genetics

Fig. 2: Consequences of misdiagnosis.

From: Time to diagnosis and determinants of diagnostic delays of people living with a rare disease: results of a Rare Barometer retrospective patient survey

Fig. 2

Respondents who said that their RD, or the RD of the person they care for, have been misdiagnosed at least once (n = 4756), i.e. that the symptoms of the RD have been attributed to another physical disease, or that symptoms were neglected, not taken seriously or considered as psychological.

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