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ArticleJournal of genetic counseling2008

Diagnosis of Fabry disease via analysis of family history.

Dawn A Laney, Paul M Fernhoff

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Article in Journal of genetic counseling, 2008. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 44 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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44citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
2.6field-weighted citation impact, top 11% 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

44 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 94 citations in OpenAlex.

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  8. Newborn Screening in Fabry Disease.International journal of molecular sciences · 2025
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  13. Underdiagnosis of Fabry disease in minority ethnic groups.Molecular genetics and metabolism reports · 2025
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  16. Newborn Screening for Fabry Disease: Current Status of Knowledge.International journal of neonatal screening · 2023
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  19. Fabry disease - what a gastroenterologist should know.Przeglad gastroenterologiczny · 2023
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors.

Dawn A LaneyEmory Department of Human Genetics, 2165 North Decatur Road, Decatur, GA 30033, USA. dlaney@genetics.emory.edu
Paul M Fernhoff

Funding

Atlanta Clinical and Translational Science Institute (ACTSI) RenewalUL1TR000454 · NCATS · EMORY UNIVERSITY · PI STEPHENS, DAVID S · 2012 to 2016
$25.8M
NCATS NIH HHS UL1 TR000454
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Fabry disease is an X-linked lysosomal storage condition caused by a deficiency of alpha-galactosidase A. In order to determine the average number of family members who are diagnosed with Fabry disease following the diagnosis of a proband, four lysosomal storage disease centers across the United States reviewed the completed pedigrees of their Fabry disease patients. In addition, data from three Fabry disease families from other centers were submitted by patients directly. The pedigree review found 74 probands (54 males and 20 females) who had 357 diagnosed family members, of which 223 were female (60.5%) and 146 were male (39.5%). Analysis found that, on average, there were five family members diagnosed with Fabry disease for every proband. Now that enzyme replacement therapy (ERT) is available for the treatment of Fabry disease, this finding emphasizes the need for all health care professionals to ensure a detailed pedigree has been constructed for each patient affected by Fabry disease and to encourage testing and evaluation of all at-risk family members.

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AdolescentChildFabry DiseaseFemaleHumansMalePedigree

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PMID18172746
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