Modeling delay to diagnosis for Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis: under reporting and incidence estimates

Modeling delay to diagnosis for Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis: under reporting and incidence estimates

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>This paper provides a strategy to obtain a reliable estimate of the incidence rate for Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis based on data from the National Registry of Rare Diseases (NRRD). In fact, unobserved cases may be due to the fact t...

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Main Authors: Rocchetti Irene, Taruscio Domenica, Pierannunzio Daniela
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2012-12-01
Series:BMC Neurology
Subjects:
Delay to diagnosis
Horvitz-Thompson
Incidence estimate
Rare diseases
Reverse hazard
Online Access:http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2377/12/160

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