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Open Access 01-02-2021 | Polyneuropathy | Correction
Correction to: A Global Survey of Disease Burden in Patients Who Carry a Diagnosis of Chronic Inflammatory Demyelinating Polyneuropathy
Published in: Advances in Therapy | Issue 2/2021
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The original article is published with few errors in Table 3, Fig. 2 and Fig. 3. The correct Table 3, Fig. 2 and Fig. 3 are given below.
Table 3
Demographics of survey respondents
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Global, likely CIDP (n = 222)
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Global, somewhat likely CIDP (n = 204)
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Global, unlikely CIDP (n = 169)
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Sex, male, %
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46
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39
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51
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Age (at diagnosis), n (%)
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≤ 29
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15 (6.76)
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16 (7.84)
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9 (5.33)
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30–39
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32 (14.41)
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35 (17.16)
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19 (11.24)
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40–49
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46 (20.72)
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50 (24.51)
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30 (17.75)
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50–59
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69 (31.01)
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63 (30.88)
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49 (28.99)
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60–69
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47 (21.17)
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29 (14.22)
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41 (24.26)
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70–79
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12 (5.41)*
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10 (4.9)
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20 (11.83)*
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≥ 80
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1 (0.45)
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1 (0.49)
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1 (0.59)
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Employment status (at diagnosis), %
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Employed
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71
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68
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59
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Paid full-time
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61
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63
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51
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Paid part-time
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10
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5
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8
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Retired
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11
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7
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20
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Student
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2
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3
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2
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On disability
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6
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10
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8
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Unemployed
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5
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4
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5
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Other/unpaid work
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5
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7
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6
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Current treatment at survey completion, %
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IVIg
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61
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61
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59
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SCIg
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2
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3
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2
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Corticosteroids
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23
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22
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15
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IVIg and steroids
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12
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14
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9
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Other immunosuppressive drugs
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15
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17
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18
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Plasma exchange
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3
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2
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2
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Fig. 2
Most bothersome symptoms when treatment started (a) and symptoms they most wanted relief from currently (b)
Fig. 3
Survey responses of “always” or “often”* on feelings about their future
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