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Correction to: Incidence of tuberous sclerosis and age at first diagnosis: new data and emerging trends from a national, prospective surveillance study

Orphanet Journal of Rare Diseases volume 14, Article number: 106 (2019) Cite this article

The Original Article was published on 17 July 2018

Correction to: Orphanet Journal of Rare Diseases (2018) 13:117

https://doi.org/10.1186/s13023-018-0870-y

When calculating the annual incidence rates in article [1], unfortunately an error occurred. The corrected incidence rates should be the following, and the relevant paragraph of the ‘Results’ should therefore correctly read:

Incidence

Based on our findings, the annual incidence rate of TSC (definite or possible TSC) is estimated at a minimum of 1:27.312 live births. However correcting for underreporting using data from previous ESPED analyses, the estimated incidence rate of definite or possible TSC is approximately 1:11.180–1:22.360 live births in Germany.

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  1. Ebrahimi-Fakhari, et al. Incidence of tuberous sclerosis and age at first diagnosis: new data and emerging trends from a national, prospective surveillance study. Orphanet Journal of Rare Diseases. 2018;13(117) https://doi.org/10.1186/s13023-018-0870-y.

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  1. Department of Pediatric Neurology, Saarland University Medical Center, Building 9, Kirrberger Strasse, 66421, Homburg, Saarland, Germany

    Daniel Ebrahimi-Fakhari, Lilian Lisa Mann, Marina Flotats-Bastardas, Ludwig Gortner, Michael Zemlin & Sascha Meyer

  2. Department of Pediatric Cardiology, Saarland University Medical Center, Homburg, Germany

    Martin Poryo

  3. Department of Pediatric Oncology and Hematology, Saarland University Medical Center, Homburg, Germany

    Norbert Graf

  4. Division of Epidemiology, Institute of Social Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, Ludwig Maximilian’s University, Munich, Germany

    Rüdiger von Kries

  5. German Paediatric Surveillance Unit (ESPED), Coordination Center for Clinical Studies, Heinrich Heine University, Düsseldorf, Germany

    Rüdiger von Kries & Beate Heinrich

  6. Department of Neurology, Boston Children’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA

    Darius Ebrahimi-Fakhari

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Ebrahimi-Fakhari, D., Mann, L.L., Poryo, M. et al. Correction to: Incidence of tuberous sclerosis and age at first diagnosis: new data and emerging trends from a national, prospective surveillance study. Orphanet J Rare Dis 14, 106 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1186/s13023-019-1090-9

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