Acromegaly according to the Danish National Registry of Patients: how valid are ICD diagnoses and how do patterns of registration affect the accuracy of registry data?

BACKGROUND: The incidence of acromegaly is uncertain, since population-based studies are few. In the absence of a specific acromegaly registry, the Danish National Registry of Patients (DNRP) becomes a potential source of data for studying the epidemiology of acromegaly, by linking all hospital disc...

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Autores principales: Dal, Jakob, Skou, Nikolaj, Nielsen, Eigil Husted, Jørgensen, Jens Otto Lunde, Pedersen, Lars
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Dove Medical Press 2014
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4155997/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25210475
http://dx.doi.org/10.2147/CLEP.S63758

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