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ReviewJournal of inherited metabolic disease2011

Ovarian function in girls and women with GALT-deficiency galactosemia.

Judith L Fridovich-Keil, Cynthia S Gubbels, Jessica B Spencer, Rebecca D Sanders, Jolande A Land, Estela Rubio-Gozalbo

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In one paragraph

Review in Journal of inherited metabolic disease, 2011. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 60 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
60citing papers in PubMed, 2 pooled it
3.7field-weighted citation impact, top 7% 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

60 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 139 citations in OpenAlex.

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  4. Reproductive potential in classical galactosemia: A case series based perspective.European journal of obstetrics & gynecology and reproductive biology: X · 2026
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  11. Health and well-being of maturing adults with classic galactosemia.Journal of inherited metabolic disease · 2025
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  18. Ovarian Reserve Disorders, Can We Prevent Them? A Review.International journal of molecular sciences · 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

6 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Judith L Fridovich-KeilDepartment of Human Genetics, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA, USA. jfridov@emory.edu
Cynthia S Gubbels
Jessica B Spencer
Rebecca D Sanders
Jolande A Land
Estela Rubio-Gozalbo
Emory University · USMaastricht University · NLUniversity Medical Center Groningen · NL

Funding

MEDICAL SCIENTIST TRAINING PROGRAMT32GM008169 · NIGMS · EMORY UNIVERSITY · PI GROSS, ROBERT E · 1987 to 2021
$20.3M
Studies of Galactose Toxicity in Yeast and Human CellsR01DK059904 · NIDDK · EMORY UNIVERSITY · PI FRIDOVICH-KEIL, JUDITH L. · 2002 to 2011
$3.2M
NIDDK NIH HHS DK059904NIDDK NIH HHS R01 DK059904NIGMS NIH HHS T32 GM008169
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Primary or premature ovarian insufficiency (POI) is the most common long-term complication experienced by girls and women with classic galactosemia; more than 80% and perhaps more than 90% are affected despite neonatal diagnosis and careful lifelong dietary restriction of galactose. In this review we explore the complexities of timing and detection of galactosemia-associated POI and discuss potential underlying mechanisms. Finally, we offer recommendations for follow-up care with current options for intervention.

Indexed as

AdolescentAdultAnimalsChildEpigenesis, GeneticEscherichia coliFemaleFollicle Stimulating HormoneGalactoseGalactosemiasHumansOvaryPrimary Ovarian InsufficiencyPubertySepsisFollicle Stimulating HormoneGalactose

Identifiers

PMID20978943
PMCPMC3063539
OpenAlexW2049502038

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Registered trials

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