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ArticleBlood2017

Perforin and CD107a testing is superior to NK cell function testing for screening patients for genetic HLH.

Tamar S Rubin, Kejian Zhang, Carrie Gifford, Adam Lane, Sharon Choo, Jack J Bleesing, Rebecca A Marsh

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Article in Blood, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 66 papers, 3 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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66citing papers in PubMed, 3 pooled it
11.7field-weighted citation impact, top 1% 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

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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

66 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 150 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Tamar S RubinDivision of Bone Marrow Transplantation and Immune Deficiency and.
Kejian ZhangDivision of Human Genetics, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH; and.
Carrie GiffordDivision of Bone Marrow Transplantation and Immune Deficiency and.
Adam LaneDivision of Bone Marrow Transplantation and Immune Deficiency and.
Sharon ChooDepartment of Allergy and Immunology, The Royal Children's Hospital, Melbourne, VIC, Australia.
Jack J BleesingDivision of Bone Marrow Transplantation and Immune Deficiency and.
Rebecca A MarshDivision of Bone Marrow Transplantation and Immune Deficiency and.
Immune Deficiency Foundation · USCincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center · USRoyal Children's Hospital · AU

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Primary hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis (HLH) can be caused by biallelic mutations in

Indexed as

AdolescentAdultAgedCell DegranulationChildChild, PreschoolCytotoxicity Tests, ImmunologicDNA Mutational AnalysisFemaleFlow CytometryGenetic TestingHumansInfantInfant, NewbornKiller Cells, NaturalLogistic ModelsLysosomal-Associated Membrane Protein 1PerforinPRF1 protein, human

Identifiers

PMID28270454
PMCPMC5766842
OpenAlexW2593544935

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