%0 Journal Article
%T Characteristics of patients contacting a center for undiagnosed and rare diseases
%A Andreas Jerrentrup
%A Hans Walter Fritsch
%A Juergen Rolf Schaefer
%A Max Jakob Bauer
%A Tobias Mueller
%J Archive of "Orphanet Journal of Rare Diseases".
%D 2016
%R 10.1186/s13023-016-0467-2
%X Little is known about the characteristics of patients seeking help from dedicated centers for undiagnosed and rare diseases. However, information about their demographics, symptoms, prior diagnoses and medical specialty is crucial to optimize these centers¡¯ processes and infrastructure
%K Rare disease epidemiology
%K Undiagnosed diseases
%K Undiagnosed disease program
%U https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4915144/