Goodpasture syndrome epidemiology and demographics

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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]

Epidemiology and Demographics

Goodpasture’s syndrome is rare.

Age

Cases have occurred in patients between the ages of 4 and 80, it is most common between ages 18 and 30 and again between 50 and 65.

Gender

Males are six times more affected than females.

Race

In European populations between half and one case presents per million people per year. It is rarer than this in non-European populations.