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Table 5 Characteristics of the entire group of MPS I patients, MPS I Hurler patients and non-Hurler patients at the time of diagnosis

From: Failure to shorten the diagnostic delay in two ultra-orphan diseases (mucopolysaccharidosis types I and III): potential causes and implications

Final diagnosis of MPS I

 

All MPS I

Hurler

Non-Hurler

Number of patients

29

20

9

Age at diagnosis (months)

 Median

12

11

57

 Range

5 – 151

5 – 31

5 – 151

Delay medical specialist - diagnosis (months)

   

 Median

9

8

28

 Range

1 – 147

1 – 24

2 – 147

Diagnosing specialist

Nr.

%

Nr.

%

Nr.

%

 General pediatrician

13

45%

10

50%

3

33%

 Clinical geneticist

4

14%

3

15%

1

11%

 Pediatrician specialized in IEM

9

31%

5

25%

4

44%

 Ophthalmologist

2

7%

2

10%

0

0%

 Rheumatologist

1

3%

0

0%

1

11%

  1. The sums of the percentages of each item may not equal 100% because the percentages represent rounded values. IEM: inborn errors of metabolism