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Misdiagnoses (≥1) in patients with HAE.
| N = 81 | ||
|---|---|---|
| n | % | |
| Patients reporting misdiagnosis | ||
| Yes | 40 | 49.4 |
| No | 41 | 50.6 |
| Most common misdiagnoses | ||
| Appendicitis | 16 | 40.0 |
| Allergy | 12 | 30.0 |
| Mental disorder | 6 | 15.0 |
| Tonsillitis | 3 | 7.5 |
| ‘Nervous stomach’ | 3 | 7.5 |
Note: Adapted from Magerl et al., 2020 1 . http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/.
Abbreviation: HAE, hereditary angioedema.
