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Impact of diagnostic delay on patient perspectives in pyoderma gangrenosum: an online support group-based survey study

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The data that support the findings of this study are available upon reasonable request from the corresponding author, AGOL.

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  1. Oregon Health and Science University School of Medicine, Portland, OR, USA

    Linh Tang Taylor

  2. Department of Dermatology, Oregon Health & Science University, CHH 16D, 3303 SW Bond Ave, Portland, OR, 97239, USA

    Shannon Kody & Alex G. Ortega-Loayza

  3. School of Medicine, Universidad de los Andes, Bogotá, Colombia

    Jorge A. Rios-Duarte

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LTT participated in writing the original draft, project administration and data curation. SK participated in writing the original draft and review and editing. JARD participated in data curation and completed the formal data analysis. AGOL conceptualized and supervised the project and reviewed and edited the manuscript. All authors reviewed the manuscript.

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Correspondence to Alex G. Ortega-Loayza.

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Dr. Ortega-Loayza is President-elect of the Pacific Dermatology Association and serves as an associate editor for Dermatology. Additionally, he is a consultant for Genentech and Guidepoint and an advisor to Bristol Meyer Squibb, Boehringer Ingelheim and Janssen. Dr. Ortega has received research grants from Lilly, Janssen and Pfizer. The other authors have no conflicts of interest to disclose.

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This study was approved by Oregon Health & Science University’s Institutional Review Board (IRB #21834).

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Taylor, L.T., Kody, S., Rios-Duarte, J.A. et al. Impact of diagnostic delay on patient perspectives in pyoderma gangrenosum: an online support group-based survey study. Arch Dermatol Res 315, 2737–2739 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00403-023-02685-4

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