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ArticleCase reports in hematology2017

Hereditary Xerocytosis due to Mutations in

Elisa Fermo, Cristina Vercellati, Anna Paola Marcello, Anna Zaninoni, Richard van Wijk, Nadia Mirra, Cristina Curcio, Agostino Cortelezzi, Alberto Zanella, Wilma Barcellini and 1 more

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Article in Case reports in hematology, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 18 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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18citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
2.3field-weighted citation impact, top 12% 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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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

18 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 28 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

11 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Elisa FermoU.O.C. Oncoematologia, U.O.S. Fisiopatologia delle Anemie, Fondazione IRCCS Ca' Granda Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico, Milano, Italy.ORCID 0000-0003-2812-8711
Cristina VercellatiU.O.C. Oncoematologia, U.O.S. Fisiopatologia delle Anemie, Fondazione IRCCS Ca' Granda Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico, Milano, Italy.
Anna Paola MarcelloU.O.C. Oncoematologia, U.O.S. Fisiopatologia delle Anemie, Fondazione IRCCS Ca' Granda Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico, Milano, Italy.
Anna ZaninoniU.O.C. Oncoematologia, U.O.S. Fisiopatologia delle Anemie, Fondazione IRCCS Ca' Granda Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico, Milano, Italy.
Richard van WijkDepartment of Clinical Chemistry and Haematology, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, Netherlands.
Nadia MirraU.O.C. Pronto Soccorso, Pediatria Ambulatoriale e DH/MAC, Fondazione IRCCS Ca' Granda Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico, Milano, Italy.
Cristina CurcioU.O.S.D. Genetica Medica, Fondazione IRCCS Ca' Granda Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico, Milano, Italy.
Agostino CortelezziU.O.C. Oncoematologia, U.O.S. Fisiopatologia delle Anemie, Fondazione IRCCS Ca' Granda Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico, Milano, Italy; Universita degli Studi di Milano, Milano, Italy.
Alberto ZanellaU.O.C. Oncoematologia, U.O.S. Fisiopatologia delle Anemie, Fondazione IRCCS Ca' Granda Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico, Milano, Italy.
Wilma BarcelliniU.O.C. Oncoematologia, U.O.S. Fisiopatologia delle Anemie, Fondazione IRCCS Ca' Granda Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico, Milano, Italy.
Paola BianchiU.O.C. Oncoematologia, U.O.S. Fisiopatologia delle Anemie, Fondazione IRCCS Ca' Granda Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico, Milano, Italy.
Fondazione IRCCS Ca' Granda Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico · ITUniversity Medical Center Utrecht · NLUniversity of Milan · IT

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Hereditary xerocytosis (HX) is a rare disorder caused by defects of RBC permeability, associated with haemolytic anaemia of variable degree and iron overload. It is sometimes misdiagnosed as hereditary spherocytosis or other congenital haemolytic anaemia. Splenectomy is contraindicated due to increased risk of thromboembolic complications. We report the clinical, haematological, and molecular characteristics of four patients from two unrelated Italian families affected by HX, associated with beta-thalassemia trait and heterozygous pyruvate kinase deficiency, respectively. Two patients had been splenectomised and displayed thrombotic episodes. All patients had iron overload in the absence of transfusion, two of them requiring iron chelation. The diagnosis of HX was confirmed by LoRRca Osmoscan analysis showing a left-shifted curve.

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