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ReviewArchives of disease in childhood2000

Inappropriate genetic testing of children.

A Fryer

Abstract readReview
In one paragraph

Review in Archives of disease in childhood, 2000. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 12 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
12citing papers in PubMed
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

12 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Rethinking the "open future" argument against predictive genetic testing of children.Genetics in medicine : official journal of the American College of Medical Genetics · 2019
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  6. Carrier testing in children: exploration of genetic health professionals' practices in Australia.Genetics in medicine : official journal of the American College of Medical Genetics · 2015
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  11. Guidelines for genetic testing of healthy children.Paediatrics & child health · 2003
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  12. Screening for familial adenomatous polyposis.Archives of disease in childhood · 2001
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

1 author.

A FryerDepartment of Clinical Genetics Royal Liverpool Children's Hospital, Alder Hey Eaton Road, Liverpool L12 2AP, UK. Alan.Fryer@rlch-tr.nwest.nhs.uk

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

PubMed holds no abstract for this paper.

Indexed as

Unnecessary ProceduresAge FactorsAge of OnsetChildEthics, MedicalGenetic Diseases, InbornGenetic TestingHumansInformed ConsentPractice Guidelines as TopicUnited KingdomGenetics and Reproduction

Identifiers

PMID10999855
PMCPMC1718524

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Registered trials

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