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Table 1 Numbers of individuals with confirmed presumptive diagnosis, confirmed diagnosis other than presumptive diagnosis, presumptive diagnosis confirmed as false positive, and numbers of individuals in which a diagnosis remained unsolved

From: An Integrated clinical pathway for diagnosis, treatment and care of rare diseases: model, operating procedures, and results of the project TRANSLATE-NAMSE funded by the German Federal Joint Committee

Presumptive diagnosis (PDx)

Confirmed diagnosis = PDx

Confirmed diagnosis ≠ PDx*

False positive

Diagnosis remained unsolved

Row total

Rare anaemia

 n

12

0

2

2

16

 Row %

75.0

0.0

12.5

12.5

100

Endocrinopathy

 n

121

2

16

6

145

 Row %

83.4

1.4

11.0

4.1

100

Autoinflammatory disorder

 n

110

2

49

48

209

 Row %

52.6

1.0

23.4

23.0

100

Primary immune deficiency

     

 n

73

3

30

56

162

 Row %

45.1

1.9

18.5

34.6

100

Inborn error of metabolism

 n

46

0

7

2

55

 Row %

83.6

0.0

12.7

3.6

100

Column Total

362

7

104

114

587

Row %

61.7

1.2

17.7

19.4

100

  1. *Confirmed diagnoses other than PDx: primary ovarian failure (ORPHA 95710), Behcet disease (ORPHA 117), other autoinflammatory disorder (ORPHA 319719), familial mediterranean fever (ORPHA 342), MIRAGE-syndrome (ORPHA 494433), chronic fatigue syndrome, Sneddon-syndrome (ORPHA 820)