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ReviewTherapeutic advances in gastroenterology2016

Understanding the gastrointestinal manifestations of Fabry disease: promoting prompt diagnosis.

Claire Zar-Kessler, Amel Karaa, Katherine Bustin Sims, Virginia Clarke, Braden Kuo

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Review in Therapeutic advances in gastroenterology, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 29 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
29citing papers in PubMed, 2 pooled it
3.5field-weighted citation impact, top 8% 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

29 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 59 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Claire Zar-KesslerMGH Center for Neurointestinal Health, Division of Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition, Massachusetts General Hospital for Children, 175 Cambridge St CPZ-575, Boston, MA 02114, USA.
Amel KaraaGenetics Unit, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, USA.
Katherine Bustin SimsDepartment of Neurology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, USA.
Virginia ClarkeDepartment of Neurology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, USA.
Braden KuoMGH Center for Neurointestinal Health, GI Unit Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, USA.
Massachusetts General Hospital · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Fabry disease is a rare X-linked lysosomal storage disease characterized by the dysfunction of multiple systems, including significant gastrointestinal involvement such as diarrhea, abdominal pain, early satiety and nausea. The gastrointestinal symptoms of Fabry disease are thought to be due to neuropathic and myopathic changes leading to symptoms of dysmotility that are encountered in many other disorders. The gastrointestinal symptoms can often be one of the presenting signs of the disease in childhood, but can be misdiagnosed by gastroenterologists for many years due to their nonspecific presentation. As the chief treatment for Fabry is enzyme-replacement therapy that has been shown to stabilize and possibly reverse disease course, recognition of these symptoms and early diagnosis in an attempt to prevent progression with treatment, is critical.

Indexed as

abdominal paindiarrhealysosomal storage diseaseneuropathy

Identifiers

PMID27366228
PMCPMC4913334
OpenAlexW2340941023

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