Evidence map›Paper›PMID 21987083›Full record

ArticleEuropean journal of pediatrics2012

Differing clinical courses and outcomes in two siblings with Barth syndrome and left ventricular noncompaction.

Nobuo Momoi, Bo Chang, Izumi Takeda, Yoshimichi Aoyagi, Kisei Endo, Fukiko Ichida

Abstract readCase Reports
PubMed Publisher
In one paragraph

Article in European journal of pediatrics, 2012. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
8citing papers in PubMed
0.6field-weighted citation impact, top 28% 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

8 citing papers in PubMed, 16 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Article
  2. Review
  3. Article
  4. Review
  5. Barth syndrome: mechanisms and management.The application of clinical genetics · 2019
    Article
  6. Review
  7. Article
  8. Article
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 2 institutions in 1 country.

Nobuo MomoiDepartment of Pediatrics, Fukushima Medical University School of Medicine, 1 Hikarigaoka, Fukushima 960-1295, Japan. momo@fmu.ac.jp
Bo Chang
Izumi Takeda
Yoshimichi Aoyagi
Kisei Endo
Fukiko Ichida
Fukushima Medical University · JPUniversity of Toyama · JP

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

unlabelledBarth syndrome is an X-linked disorder usually diagnosed in infancy. It is characterized by hypotonia, dilated cardiomyopathy, neutropenia, growth retardation, and 3-methylglutaconic aciduria. The syndrome is typically caused by mutations in the TAZ (G4.5) gene, which encodes a novel protein family called the tafazzins. We report the case of two brothers with Barth syndrome and left ventricular noncompaction (LVNC) caused by a splice donor mutation in TAZ. Both had impaired sucking ability at the age of 2 months. The elder brother was diagnosed with LVNC at the age of 4 months; by that time he had developed severe heart failure with metabolic decompensation. He died at 12 months of age due to intractable heart failure despite pharmacological therapy with diuretics, an angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitor, and a beta-blocker. However, the younger brother, who was diagnosed as having Barth syndrome and LVNC with heart failure at the age of 2 months, received early medical treatment and demonstrated normal echocardiographic findings.

conclusionThe clinical courses of Barth syndrome observed in our cases show the phonotypic variability of this syndrome and suggest that early therapy may be beneficial for maintaining cardiac function.

Indexed as

AcyltransferasesBarth SyndromeFatal OutcomeHeart VentriclesHumansInfantMaleMosaicismPhenotypePrognosisRNA Splice SitesSiblingsTranscription FactorsAcyltransferasesRNA Splice SitesTAFAZZIN protein, humanTranscription Factors

Identifiers

PMID21987083
OpenAlexW1985567481

What OpenQuestion holds

Textmetadata
Read underepoch 390

Registered trials

None linked

Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.