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ArticleJIMD reports2015

Networking Across Borders for Individuals with Organic Acidurias and Urea Cycle Disorders: The E-IMD Consortium.

Stefan Kölker, Dries Dobbelaere, Johannes Häberle, Peter Burgard, Florian Gleich, Marshall L Summar, Steven Hannigan, Samantha Parker, Anupam Chakrapani, Matthias R Baumgartner and 1 more

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Article in JIMD reports, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT00237315 (Longitudinal Study of Urea Cycle Disorders), which is not on this map. Cited by 22 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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22citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
12.9field-weighted citation impact, top 2% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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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.

NCT00237315 unknown statusnot on this map

Longitudinal Study of Urea Cycle Disorders

TypeobservationalSponsorAndrea GropmanRan2006 to 2026Enrolled1,500ConditionsBrain Diseases, Metabolic, Inborn, Amino Acid Metabolism, Inborn Errors, Urea Cycle Disorders
3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

22 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 33 citations in OpenAlex.

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  12. Early prediction of phenotypic severity in Citrullinemia Type 1.Annals of clinical and translational neurology · 2019
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  14. Neurological manifestations of organic acidurias.Nature reviews. Neurology · 2019
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

11 authors at 6 institutions in 5 countries.

Stefan KölkerDivision of Inherited Metabolic Diseases, Department of General Pediatrics, University Children's Hospital Heidelberg, Im Neuenheimer Feld 430, 69120, Heidelberg, Germany, Stefan.Koelker@med.uni-heidelberg.de.
Dries Dobbelaere
Johannes Häberle
Peter Burgard
Florian Gleich
Marshall L Summar
Steven Hannigan
Samantha Parker
Anupam Chakrapani
Matthias R Baumgartner
E-IMD Consortium
Heidelberg University · DEBirmingham Children's Hospital · GBChildren's National · USHôpital Jeanne de Flandre · FROrphanet · FRUniversity Children's Hospital Zurich · CH

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundPatients with organic acidurias (OAD) and urea cycle disorders (UCD) are at increased risk of disability, impaired quality of life and reduced life expectancy. Clinical care in any one centre is constrained by small patient numbers; and furthermore diagnostic and treatment strategies vary between metabolic centres and countries, resulting in significant inequalities and disparity in patient outcome. AIMS/

methodsThe overall objective of the EU-funded activity 'European registry and network for intoxication type metabolic diseases' (E-IMD) is to collect systematic data to improve the knowledge of these diseases, to develop consensus care guidelines and to provide detailed information materials for families and professionals.

resultsWithin three years E-IMD has (1) established a network of 87 partners in 25 countries (2) set up a patient registry of more than 1,000 individuals with OAD and UCD, (3) launched a website ( www.e-imd.org ) including detailed information materials in 11 languages, (4) developed guidelines for OAD and UCD, (5) organised two teaching courses and various scientific meetings, (6) extended the IT platform clustering with other inherited metabolic diseases (IMD) and (7) strengthened the collaboration with other international scientific consortia.

conclusionsE-IMD has made important steps towards improving and sharing knowledge on OAD and UCD and harmonisation of diagnostic and therapeutic strategies. Through the establishment of a modular patient registry, clustering with other IMD and stepwise extension of the network, E-IMD has implemented the core components of a European Reference Network for rare diseases.

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PMID25701269
PMCPMC4486274
OpenAlexW113252336

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