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ReviewCerebellum (London, England)2015

Cerebellar cysts in children: a pattern recognition approach.

Eugen Boltshauser, Ianina Scheer, Thierry A G M Huisman, Andrea Poretti

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Review in Cerebellum (London, England), 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 10 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
10citing papers in PubMed
5.1field-weighted citation impact, top 6% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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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

10 citing papers in PubMed, 27 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Article
  2. Review
  3. Article
  4. Diagnostic Approach to Cerebellar Hypoplasia.Cerebellum (London, England) · 2021
    Review
  5. Review
  6. Understanding What You Have Found: A Family With a Mutation in theClinical medicine insights. Case reports · 2020
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Eugen BoltshauserDepartment of Pediatric Neurology, University Children's Hospital of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland, Eugen.Boltshauser@bluewin.ch.
Ianina Scheer
Thierry A G M Huisman
Andrea Poretti
University Children's Hospital Zurich · CHJohns Hopkins Medicine · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Cerebellar cysts may be seen in selected genetic disorders and acquired anomalies. Here, we review our experience, excluding cystic tumors and parasitic cysts. The pathogenesis is heterogeneous: Cysts may involve/represent normal structures (e.g., Virchow-Robin spaces), be "destructive" (such as in some types of pontocerebellar hypoplasias), "malformative" (such as in some forms of congenital muscular dystrophies and GPR56-related migration disorders), or "disruptive" (such as in some cerebellar dysplasias). The provided checklist may be useful in deciding targeted diagnostic workup.

Indexed as

Cerebellar DiseasesCerebellumChildCystsDevelopmental DisabilitiesHumansMuscular DystrophiesNervous System Malformations

Identifiers

PMID25504001
OpenAlexW1992171242

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