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ReviewBrain : a journal of neurology2008

The complex genetics of multiple sclerosis: pitfalls and prospects.

Stephen Sawcer

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Review in Brain : a journal of neurology, 2008. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 43 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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43citing papers in PubMed, 2 pooled it
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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

43 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.

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  9. Biomarkers in Multiple Sclerosis.Cold Spring Harbor perspectives in medicine · 2019
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  14. The influence of gut-derived CD39 regulatory T cells in CNS demyelinating disease.Translational research : the journal of laboratory and clinical medicine · 2017
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  16. The gut microbiome in multiple sclerosis.Current treatment options in neurology · 2015
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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.

Stephen SawcerDepartment of Clinical Neurosciences, University of Cambridge, Addenbrooke's Hospital, Cambridge, UK. sjs1016@mole.bio.cam.ac.uk

Funding

Wellcome Trust 084702
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The genetics of complex disease is entering a new and exciting era. The exponentially growing knowledge and technological capabilities emerging from the human genome project have finally reached the point where relevant genes can be readily and affordably identified. As a result, the last 12 months has seen a virtual explosion in new knowledge with reports of unequivocal association to relevant genes appearing almost weekly. The impact of these new discoveries in Neuroscience is incalculable at this stage but potentially revolutionary. In this review, an attempt is made to illuminate some of the mysteries surrounding complex genetics. Although focused almost exclusively on multiple sclerosis all the points made are essentially generic and apply equally well, with relatively minor addendums, to any other complex trait, neurological or otherwise.

Indexed as

Genetic LinkageGenetic Predisposition to DiseaseGenome, HumanHumansMajor Histocompatibility ComplexMultiple Sclerosis

Identifiers

PMID18490360
PMCPMC2639203

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