Evidence map›Paper›PMID 16075039›Full record

ReviewThe Journal of clinical investigation2005

Inherited disorders of voltage-gated sodium channels.

Alfred L George

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Review in The Journal of clinical investigation, 2005. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 175 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
175citing papers in PubMed, 2 pooled it
15.8field-weighted citation impact, top 1% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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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

175 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 369 citations in OpenAlex.

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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 at 1 institution in 1 country.

Alfred L GeorgeDivision of Genetic Medicine, Department of Medicine, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee 37232-0275, USA. al.george@vanderbilt.edu
Vanderbilt University · US

Funding

Genetic Modifiers of Congenital Long QT SyndromeR01HL068880 · NHLBI · VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY · PI GEORGE, ALFRED L. · 2001 to 2011
$4.8M
HEREDITARY DEFECTS IN HUMAN SODIUM CHANNELSR01NS032387 · NINDS · VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY · PI GEORGE, ALFRED L. · 1994 to 2015
$3.2M
Hereditary Defects in Human Sodium ChannelsR37NS032387 · NINDS · VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY · PI GEORGE, ALFRED L. · 2003 to 2009
$2.6M
NHLBI NIH HHS HL68880NHLBI NIH HHS R01 HL068880NINDS NIH HHS NS32387NINDS NIH HHS R01 NS032387NINDS NIH HHS R37 NS032387
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

A variety of inherited human disorders affecting skeletal muscle contraction, heart rhythm, and nervous system function have been traced to mutations in genes encoding voltage-gated sodium channels. Clinical severity among these conditions ranges from mild or even latent disease to life-threatening or incapacitating conditions. The sodium channelopathies were among the first recognized ion channel diseases and continue to attract widespread clinical and scientific interest. An expanding knowledge base has substantially advanced our understanding of structure-function and genotype-phenotype relationships for voltage-gated sodium channels and provided new insights into the pathophysiological basis for common diseases such as cardiac arrhythmias and epilepsy.

Indexed as

AnimalsGenetic Diseases, InbornHumansIon Channel GatingIon TransportSodiumSodium ChannelsSodiumSodium Channels

Identifiers

PMID16075039
PMCPMC1180550
OpenAlexW2095581992

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