Evidence map›Paper›PMID 23518331›Full record

ReviewThe Lancet. Neurology2013

Midbrain and hindbrain malformations: advances in clinical diagnosis, imaging, and genetics.

Dan Doherty, Kathleen J Millen, A James Barkovich

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In one paragraph

Review in The Lancet. Neurology, 2013. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 50 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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0cells of the map it votes in
50citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
17.7field-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

50 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 132 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Pooled it
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  4. Genetic Disorders Detectable by Fetal MRI: A Review.Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026
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  14. Brain Abnormalities in Patients with Germline Variants inAJNR. American journal of neuroradiology · 2022
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  16. Risk factors for the occurrence and recurrence of acute cerebellar ataxia: a retrospective observational study.Neurological sciences : official journal of the Italian Neurological Society and of the Italian Society of Clinical Neurophysiology · 2022
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  19. Normal human brainstem development in vivo: a quantitative fetal MRI study.Ultrasound in obstetrics & gynecology : the official journal of the International Society of Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology · 2021
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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

3 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Dan DohertyDivision of Genetic Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, University of Washington Center for Integrative Brain Research, Seattle Children's Research Institute, Seattle, WA, USA. ddoher@uw.edu
Kathleen J Millen
A James Barkovich
University of California, San Francisco · USUniversity of Washington · USWashington Center · US

Funding

De novo copy number variation and gene discovery in human brain malformationsR01NS058721 · NINDS · UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO · PI ARGILLI, EMANUELA · 2008 to 2025
$10.9M
HUMAN EPILEPSY GENETICS--NEURONAL MIGRATION DISORDERSR01NS035129 · NINDS · BOSTON CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL · PI WALSH, CHRISTOPHER A. · 1997 to 2023
$9.5M
Dorsal midline patterning in the vertebrate CNSR01NS072441 · NINDS · SEATTLE CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL · PI MILLEN, KATHLEEN JOYCE · 2010 to 2014
$2.3M
Congenital brain malformations caused by aberrant head mesenchymal signalingR01NS080390 · NINDS · SEATTLE CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL · PI MILLEN, KATHLEEN JOYCE · 2012 to 2016
$2.3M
Joubert syndrome and related disorders of hindbrain developmentR01NS064077 · NINDS · UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON · PI DOHERTY, DANIEL · 2010 to 2014
$1.8M
NINDS NIH HHS R01 NS035129NINDS NIH HHS R01 NS058721NINDS NIH HHS R01NS058721NINDS NIH HHS R01 NS064077NINDS NIH HHS R01NS064077NINDS NIH HHS R01 NS072441NINDS NIH HHS R01NS072441NINDS NIH HHS R01 NS080390NINDS NIH HHS R01NS35129
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Historically, the midbrain and hindbrain have been considered of secondary importance to the cerebrum, which has typically been acknowledged as the most important part of the brain. In the past, radiologists and pathologists did not regularly examine these structures-also known as the brainstem and cerebellum-because they are small and difficult to remove without damage. With recent developments in neuroimaging, neuropathology, and neurogenetics, many developmental disorders of the midbrain and hindbrain have emerged as causes of neurodevelopmental dysfunction. These research advances may change the way in which we treat these patients in the future and will enhance the clinical acumen of the practising neurologist and thereby improve the diagnosis and treatment of these patients.

Indexed as

AnimalsDiagnostic ImagingHumansMesencephalonRhombencephalon

Identifiers

PMID23518331
PMCPMC4158743
OpenAlexW2089028610

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