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ReviewPediatric radiology2009

Anatomy and development of the meninges: implications for subdural collections and CSF circulation.

Julie Mack, Waney Squier, James T Eastman

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Review in Pediatric radiology, 2009. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 92 papers, 3 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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92citing papers in PubMed, 3 pooled it
17.1field-weighted citation impact, top 1% of its field
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

92 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 228 citations in OpenAlex.

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  3. Infections of the spinal subdural space in children: a series of 11 contemporary cases and review of all published reports. A multinational collaborative effort.Child's nervous system : ChNS : official journal of the International Society for Pediatric Neurosurgery · 2013
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  18. Clinical and neuroimaging characteristics in mild-type infantile acute subdural hematoma: report of four cases.Child's nervous system : ChNS : official journal of the International Society for Pediatric Neurosurgery · 2024
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32 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.

4 · The record

Corrections and comments

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Julie MackDepartment of Radiology, Penn State Hershey Medical Center, 30 Hope Drive, Suite 1800, P.O. Box 859, Hershey, PA, 17033-0859, USA. jmack@hmc.psu.edu
Waney Squier
James T Eastman
John Radcliffe Hospital · GBLancaster General Hospital · USPenn State Milton S. Hershey Medical Center · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The dura is traditionally viewed as a supportive fibrous covering of the brain containing the dural venous sinuses but otherwise devoid of vessels and lacking any specific function. However, review of the embryology and anatomy reveals the dura to be a complex, vascularized and innervated structure, not a simple fibrous covering. The dura contains an inner vascular plexus that is larger in the infant than in the adult, and this plexus likely plays a role in CSF absorption. This role could be particularly important in the infant whose arachnoid granulations are not completely developed. Although subdural hemorrhage is frequently traumatic, there are nontraumatic conditions associated with subdural hemorrhage, and the inner dural plexus is a likely source of bleeding in these nontraumatic circumstances. This review outlines the development and age-specific vascularity of the dura and offers an alternative perspective on the role of the dura in homeostasis of the central nervous system.

Indexed as

Cerebrospinal FluidChildChild, PreschoolDura MaterHematoma, SubduralHumansInfantInfant, NewbornMeningesSubdural Space

Identifiers

PMID19165479
OpenAlexW2110176096

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