In the people with the unusual or atypical symptoms and no memory problems, 53% had been incorrectly diagnosed when first seen by a doctor.

Only 4% of those with memory problems had been incorrectly diagnosed.

Of those with unusual initial symptoms, 47% were still incorrectly diagnosed at the time of their deaths.

She was incorrectly diagnosed as suffering from heat exposure and died at eight o'clock that evening.

Autoerotic asphyxiation has at times been incorrectly diagnosed as murder and especially so when a partner is present.

A recent study estimated that bipolar women are three times more likely than men with the disorder to be incorrectly diagnosed.

When he suddenly collapsed, it became clear he had been incorrectly diagnosed.

In late 2005, Peter Gee fell ill and was incorrectly diagnosed with walking pneumonia by his physician.

Yet many people believe it strikes only a few isolated areas, and health officials say that many early cases of Lyme disease have been incorrectly diagnosed.

Often, the symptoms of these diseases are incorrectly diagnosed or detected too late and patients do not receive adequate treatment.