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ReviewCurrent osteoporosis reports2006

Treatment of children with osteogenesis imperfecta.

Frank Rauch, Francis H Glorieux

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Review in Current osteoporosis reports, 2006. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 10 papers.

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0cells of the map it votes in
10citing 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

10 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Review
  2. Skeletal Response to Soluble Activin Receptor Type IIB in Mouse Models of Osteogenesis Imperfecta.Journal of bone and mineral research : the official journal of the American Society for Bone and Mineral Research · 2018
    Article
  3. Article
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  6. Osteoporosis in young adults: pathophysiology, diagnosis, and management.Osteoporosis international : a journal established as result of cooperation between the European Foundation for Osteoporosis and the National Osteoporosis Foundation of the USA · 2012
    Review
  7. New perspectives on osteogenesis imperfecta.Nature reviews. Endocrinology · 2011
    Review
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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

2 authors.

Frank RauchGenetics Unit, Shriners Hospital for Children, 1529 Cedar Avenue, Montréal, Québec, Canada H3G 1A6.
Francis H Glorieux

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Children with moderate to severe forms of osteogenesis imperfecta (OI) require adequate physiotherapy, rehabilitation and orthopedic surgery. Supportive treatment with bisphosphonates can improve the effects of these nonmedicinal treatment modalities. Benefits of bisphosphonate treatment include decreased pain, lower fracture incidence, and better mobility. Among the various bisphosphonates, intravenous pamidronate has been studied in most detail. However, the optimal treatment regimen and the long-term consequences of pamidronate treatment in children are currently unknown. Given these uncertainties, treatment with bisphosphonates during growth should be reserved for patients who have significant clinical problems, such as vertebral compression fractures or long-bone deformities. Medical therapies other than bisphosphonates play a minor role at present. Gene-based therapy currently remains in the realm of preclinical research.

Indexed as

AdolescentChildChild, PreschoolDiphosphonatesGenetic TherapyHumansInfantOrthopedicsOsteogenesis ImperfectaPhysical Therapy ModalitiesDiphosphonates

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