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ArticleCureus2017

Pineal Gland Agenesis: Review and Case Illustration.

Marcus A Cox, Michele Davis, Vlad Voin, Mohammadali Shoja, Rod J Oskouian, Marios Loukas, R Shane Tubbs

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Article in Cureus, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
5citing papers in PubMed
1.6field-weighted citation impact, top 15% 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

5 citing papers in PubMed, 6 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. The Pinealoprive Syndrome: Myth or Reality?Advances and technical standards in neurosurgery · 2026
    Review
  2. Epidemiology ofGenes · 2023
    Article
  3. Review
  4. Review
  5. A brief review about melatonin, a pineal hormone.Archives of endocrinology and metabolism · 2018
    Review
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 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Marcus A CoxMedical Education, Saint Michael's Medical Center.
Michele DavisDepartment of Anatomical Sciences, St. George's University School of Medicine, Grenada, West Indies.
Vlad VoinResearch Fellow, Seattle Science Foundation.
Mohammadali ShojaSurgery, University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston.
Rod J OskouianSwedish Neuroscience Institute.
Marios LoukasDepartment of Anatomical Sciences, St. George's University School of Medicine, Grenada, West Indies.
R Shane TubbsNeurosurgery, Seattle Science Foundation.
St. George's University · GDNeuroscience Institute · IT

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Agenesis of the pineal gland has rarely been reported in the medical literature. Herein, we report a cadaveric specimen found to have agenesis of the pineal gland. The remaining gross examination of the brain was normal. A review of the literature was performed on this unusual finding.

Indexed as

aplasiabraindiencephalonembryologypineal glandvariation

Identifiers

PMID28690948
PMCPMC5498116
OpenAlexW2621360691

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Registered trials

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