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Table 2 Demographics and duration of symptoms for patients referred to the General Medicine Department for diagnosis (n = 408)

From: Investigation of diseases that cause diagnostic difficulty for Japanese general physicians

 

Referred by general physicians (n = 169)

Referred by other physicians (n = 239)

Sex-Male/Female

60/109

104/135

Median age (range)

52 years (16-86 years)

55 years (16-97 years)

Median duration of symptoms (range)

60 days (1-3650 days)

60 days (1-10950 days)

  1. General physicians: physicians working at general internal medicine clinics.
  2. Other physicians: physicians working at specialist clinics or hospital physicians.