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ReviewPediatric surgery international2009

Genetic basis of Hirschsprung's disease.

Paul K H Tam, Mercè Garcia-Barceló

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Review in Pediatric surgery international, 2009. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 46 papers, 5 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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46citing papers in PubMed, 5 pooled it
8.5field-weighted citation impact, top 2% 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

46 citing papers in PubMed, 5 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 127 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Probiotics for the prevention of Hirschsprung-associated enterocolitis.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2022
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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 at 1 institution in 2 countries.

Paul K H TamDivision of Paediatric Surgery, Department of Surgery, Queen Mary Hospital, The University of Hong Kong, Pok Fu Lam Road, Hong Kong, People's Republic of China. paultam@hkucc.hku.hk
Mercè Garcia-Barceló
University of Hong Kong · HK

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Hirschsprung's disease (HSCR) is a developmental disorder characterized by the absence of ganglion cells in the lower digestive tract. Aganglionosis is attributed to a disorder of the enteric nervous system (ENS) whereby ganglion cells fail to innervate the lower gastrointestinal tract during embryonic development. HSCR is a complex disease that results from the interaction of several genes and manifests with low, sex-dependent penetrance and variability in the length of the aganglionic segment. The genetic complexity observed in HSCR can be conceptually understood in light of the molecular and cellular events that take place during the ENS development. DNA alterations in any of the genes involved in the ENS development may interfere with the colonization process, and represent a primary etiology for HSCR. This review will focus on the genes known to be involved in HSCR pathology, how they interact, and on how technology advances are being employed to uncover the pathological processes underlying this disease.

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Genetic Predisposition to DiseaseHirschsprung DiseaseHumans

Identifiers

PMID19521704
OpenAlexW2103110385

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