Comprehensive Survival Analysis of Alveolar Echinococcosis Patients, University Hospital Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland, 1973–2022
Ansgar Deibel
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, Yanick Kindler
1, Rubens Mita, Soleen Ghafoor, Cordula Meyer zu Schwabedissen, Barbara Brunner-Geissmann, Alexander Schweiger, Felix Grimm, Michael Reinehr, Achim Weber, Cäcilia S. Reiner, Andreas E. Kremer, Henrik Petrowsky, Pierre-Alain Clavien, Peter Deplazes, Stefanie von Felten, and Beat Müllhaupt
Author affiliation: University Hospital Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland (A. Deibel, Y. Kindler, S. Ghafoor, C. Meyer zu Schwabedissen, B. Brunner-Geissmann, M. Reinehr, A. Weber, C.S. Reiner, A.E. Kremer, H. Petrowsky, P.-A. Clavien, B. Müllhaupt); University of Zurich, Zurich (R. Mita, F. Grimm, P. Deplazes, S. von Felten); Cantonal Hospital Zug, Zug, Switzerland (A. Schweiger)
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Figure 5. Relative survival analysis of alveolar echinococcosis cases, University Hospital Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland, 1973–2022. A) Relative survival of alveolar echinococcosis patients compared with the population of Switzerland. B) Relative survival grouped by age at alveolar echinococcosis diagnosis. One patient with an alveolar echinococcosis diagnosis at 86 years of age and died at age 99 was excluded for better visualization (Appendix Figure 2).
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