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ReviewMolecular neurobiology2017

Hereditary Human Prion Diseases: an Update.

Matthias Schmitz, Kathrin Dittmar, Franc Llorens, Ellen Gelpi, Isidre Ferrer, Walter J Schulz-Schaeffer, Inga Zerr

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Review in Molecular neurobiology, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 46 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
46citing papers in PubMed
6.8field-weighted citation impact, top 3% 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

46 citing papers in PubMed, 100 citations in OpenAlex.

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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

7 authors at 5 institutions in 2 countries.

Matthias SchmitzDepartment of Neurology, University Medical Center Göttingen and the German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases (DZNE), Göttingen, Germany. matthias.schmitz@med.uni-goettingen.de.
Kathrin DittmarDepartment of Neurology, University Medical Center Göttingen and the German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases (DZNE), Göttingen, Germany.
Franc LlorensDepartment of Neurology, University Medical Center Göttingen and the German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases (DZNE), Göttingen, Germany.
Ellen GelpiNeurological Tissue Bank, Biobanc-Hospital Clinic-IDIBAPS, Barcelona, Spain.
Isidre FerrerInstitute of Neuropathology, Bellvitge University Hospital, CIBERNED, Hospitalet de Llobregat, University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain.
Walter J Schulz-SchaefferDepartment of Neuropathology, Georg-August University, Göttingen, Robert-Koch-Str. 40, 37075, Göttingen, Germany.
Inga ZerrDepartment of Neurology, University Medical Center Göttingen and the German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases (DZNE), Göttingen, Germany.
German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases · DECentro de Investigación Biomédica en Red · ESConsorci Institut D'Investigacions Biomediques August Pi I Sunyer · ESUniversitätsmedizin Göttingen · DEUniversity of Göttingen · DE

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Prion diseases in humans are neurodegenerative diseases which are caused by an accumulation of abnormal, misfolded cellular prion protein known as scrapie prion protein (PrP

Indexed as

HumansInheritance PatternsMutationPrion DiseasesPrion ProteinsPrion ProteinsCreutzfeldt-Jakob diseaseFatal familial insomniaGerstmann-Sträussler-Scheinker syndromeHereditary human prion diseases

Identifiers

PMID27324792
OpenAlexW2463575404

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Registered trials

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