TY - JOUR A1 - König, Kirsten A1 - Pechmann, Astrid A1 - Thiele, Simone A1 - Walter, Maggie C. A1 - Schorling, David A1 - Tassoni, Adrian A1 - Lochmüller, Hanns A1 - Müller-Reible, Clemens A1 - Kirschner, Janbernd T1 - De-duplicating patient records from three independent data sources reveals the incidence of rare neuromuscular disorders in Germany JF - Orphanet Journal of Rare Diseases N2 - Background Estimation of incidence in rare diseases is often challenging due to unspecific and incomplete coding and recording systems. Patient- and health care provider-driven data collections are held with different organizations behind firewalls to protect the privacy of patients. They tend to be fragmented, incomplete and their aggregation leads to further inaccuracies, as the duplicated records cannot easily be identified. We here report about a novel approach to evaluate the incidences of Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) and spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) in Germany. Methods We performed a retrospective epidemiological study collecting data from patients with dystrophinopathies (DMD and Becker muscular dystrophy) and SMA born between 1995 and 2018. We invited all neuromuscular centers, genetic institutes and the patient registries for DMD and SMA in Germany to participate in the data collection. A novel web-based application for data entry was developed converting patient identifying information into a hash code. Duplicate entries were reliably allocated to the distinct patient. Results We collected 5409 data entries in our web-based database representing 1955 distinct patients with dystrophinopathies and 1287 patients with SMA. 55.0% of distinct patients were found in one of the 3 data sources only, while 32.0% were found in 2, and 13.0% in all 3 data sources. The highest number of SMA patients was reported by genetic testing laboratories, while for DMD the highest number was reported by the clinical specialist centers. After the removal of duplicate records, the highest yearly incidence for DMD was calculated as 2.57:10,000 in 2001 and the highest incidence for SMA as 1.36:10,000 in 2014. Conclusion With our novel approach (compliant with data protection regulations), we were able to identify unique patient records and estimate the incidence of DMD and SMA in Germany combining and de-duplicating data from patient registries, genetic institutes, and clinical care centers. Although we combined three different data sources, an unknown number of patients might not have been reported by any of these sources. Therefore, our results reflect the minimal incidence of these diseases. KW - incidence KW - neuromuscular disease KW - spinal muscular atrophy KW - duchenne muscular dystrophy Y1 - 2019 U6 - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-222807 VL - 14 ER - TY - THES A1 - Kenner, Julia Elke T1 - Inzidenzschätzung der Gliedergürtelmuskeldystrophien für Deutschland T1 - Estimation on the incidence of limb-girdle muscular dystrophies for Germany N2 - Die LGMD ist eine seltene Erbkrankheit der Muskelfasern, die zur Abnahme der Muskelmasse und der Muskelkraft führt. Das Institut der Humangenetik der Universität Würzburg ist eine der wenigen Stellen in Deutschland, die die molekulargenetische Diagnostik der LGMD 1B, 1C, 2A, 2B, 2D und 2I anbietet. Demnach liegen hier viele Daten vor und anhand dieser Daten konnten die Inzidenzen dieser Formen für Deutschland geschätzt werden. Zur Schätzung der LGMD-Inzidenz wurde eine andere Erkrankung herangezogen, die ähnlich selten auftritt wie die LGMD: DM1 und DM2. Die Schätzung ergab eine Inzidenz von 1: 33 000 für die autosomal-rezessiven Formen der LGMD und eine Inzidenz von 1: 272 000 für die autosomal-dominanten Formen der LGMD für Deutschland. Vergleicht man diese Daten mit den Daten aus der Weltliteratur , sieht man, dass die Häufigkeiten nahezu identisch sind. N2 - LGMD is a rare hereditary disease of muscular fibres which leads to a decrease in muscle mass and muscle strength. The 'Institut der Humangenetik' at Würzburg University is one of the few bodies in Germany that offers molecular genetic diagnosis of LGMD types 1B, 1C, 2A, 2B, 2D, and 2I. Accordingly, it offers a lot of data which allow an estimation of the incidence of these types for Germany. For the estimation of LGMD incidence, another disease that occurs similarly rarely, is used for comparison: DM1 and DM2. The estimation resulted in an incidence of 1: 33,000 for the autosomal recessive forms of LGMD and an incidence of 1: 272,000 for the autosomal dominant forms of LGMD for Germany. A comparison of these data with data from international literature leads to the result that the incidences are almost identical. KW - Inzidenz KW - Gliedergürtelmuskeldystrophie KW - Inzidenzschätzung KW - Muskeldystrophie KW - autosomal-dominant KW - autosomal-rezessiv KW - incidence KW - limb-girdle muscular dystrophies KW - autosomal recessive KW - autosomal dominant Y1 - 2011 U6 - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-75562 ER -