1. Prevalence and Age Distribution of Pemphigus and Pemphigoid Diseases in Germany 
Franziska Hübner, Andreas Recke, Detlef Zillikens, Roland Linder, Enno Schmidt 
Journal of Investigative Dermatology 
Volume 136, Issue 12, Pages (December 2016)
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2. Figure 1
Age distribution of selected autoimmune blistering diseases in Germany. Age distribution per decade (normalized to 100% of total affected individuals) for (a) pemphigoid and (b) pemphigus disorders based on ICD-10 (2011) codes of a major health insurance company analyzed for (c) Combined violin and box plots of age distributions, with violin width representing the prevalence compared with the age-matched general German population, and box plots showing the median and quartiles of patient age. For L12.2 (“chronic bullous dermatosis of childhood”), box plots are shown for patients younger than 18 years and 18 years of age or older. Coding of adult patients as L12.2 is discussed in the text. ICD-10, International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems, 10th revision, German modification.
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