A healthcare claims analysis to identify and characterize patients with suspected X-Linked Myotubular Myopathy (XLMTM) in the Brazilian Healthcare System
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A healthcare claims analysis to identify and characterize patients with suspected X-Linked Myotubular Myopathy (XLMTM) in the Brazilian Healthcare System
Abstract Background X-linked myotubular myopathy (XLMTM) is a rare, life-threatening congenital disease, which is not well-defined. To our knowledge, no studies characterizing the XLMTM disease burden have been conducted in Brazil. We identified and described patients with suspected XLMTM using administrative claims data from the Brazilian public healthcare system. Methods Data from 2015 to 2019 were extracted from the DATASUS database. As no XLMTM-specific ICD-10 code was available, a stepwise algorithm was applied to identify patients with suspected XLMTM by selecting male patients with a congenital myopathies code (G71.2), aged
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