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ArticleNeurology2006

Peripheral and central hypomyelination with hypogonadotropic hypogonadism and hypodontia.

M Timmons, M Tsokos, M Abu Asab, S B Seminara, G C Zirzow, C R Kaneski, J D Heiss, M S van der Knaap, M T Vanier, R Schiffmann and 1 more

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Article in Neurology, 2006. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 44 papers.

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1.5field-weighted citation impact, top 20% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

44 citing papers in PubMed, 96 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

11 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

M TimmonsDevelopmental and Metabolic Neurology Branch, National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892-1260, USA.
M Tsokos
M Abu Asab
S B Seminara
G C Zirzow
C R Kaneski
J D Heiss
M S van der Knaap
M T Vanier
R Schiffmann
K Wong
National Institute of General Medical Sciences · US

Funding

Kisspeptin Physiology in the HumanR01HD043341 · NICHD · MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL · PI SEMINARA, STEPHANIE BETH · 2003 to 2019
$6.3M
Metabolic Regulation and Gene Therapy for Neurogenetic DiseasesZ01NS002984 · NINDS · NEUROLOGICAL DISORDERS AND STROKE · PI SCHIFFMANN, RAPHAEL · 1999 to 2008
$3.4M
Intramural NIH HHS Z01 NS002984NICHD NIH HHS R01 HD043341
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

We identified four unrelated patients (three female, one male) aged 20 to 30 years with hypomyelination, pituitary hypogonadotropic hypogonadism, and hypodontia. Electron microscopy and myelin protein immunohistochemistry of sural nerves showed granular debris-lined clefts, expanded abaxonal space, outpocketing with vacuolar disruption, and loss of normal myelin periodicity. Reduced galactocerebroside, sphingomyelin, and GM1-N-acetylglucosamine and increased esterified cholesterol were found. This is a clinically homogeneous progressive hypomyelinating disorder. The term 4H syndrome is suggested.

Indexed as

AdultAnodontiaDemyelinating DiseasesFemaleHumansHypogonadismMalePituitary GlandSural Nerve

Identifiers

PMID17159124
PMCPMC1950601
OpenAlexW2023456872

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