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ArticleBlood advances2018

MECOM-associated syndrome: a heterogeneous inherited bone marrow failure syndrome with amegakaryocytic thrombocytopenia.

Manuela Germeshausen, Phil Ancliff, Jaime Estrada, Markus Metzler, Eva Ponstingl, Horst Rütschle, Dirk Schwabe, Richard H Scott, Sule Unal, Angela Wawer and 2 more

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Article in Blood advances, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 48 papers.

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48citing papers in PubMed
6.5field-weighted citation impact, top 3% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

48 citing papers in PubMed, 110 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

12 authors at 9 institutions in 5 countries.

Manuela GermeshausenCentral Research Facility Cell Sorting, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany.
Phil AncliffHaematology and Oncology Department, Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children, London, United Kingdom.
Jaime EstradaPediatric Specialists of Texas, Methodist Healthcare System, San Antonio, TX.
Markus MetzlerPediatric Oncology and Hematology, University Hospital Erlangen, Erlangen, Germany.
Eva PonstinglPediatric Practice Horst Rütschle, Mutterstadt, Germany.
Horst RütschlePediatric Practice Horst Rütschle, Mutterstadt, Germany.
Dirk SchwabePediatric Oncology, Hematology and Hemostaseology, University Hospital Frankfurt, Frankfurt, Germany.
Richard H ScottClinical Genetics Department, Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children, London, United Kingdom.
Sule UnalCenter for Fanconi Anemia and Inherited Bone Marrow Failure Syndromes, Hacettepe University, Ankara, Turkey.
Angela WawerDivision of Pediatric Hematology/Oncology, Department of Pediatrics, Technische Universität München, Munich, Germany; and.
Bernward ZellerDepartment of Pediatric and Adolescent Medicine, Oslo University Hospital Rikshospitalet, Oslo, Norway.
Matthias BallmaierCentral Research Facility Cell Sorting, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany.
Medizinische Hochschule Hannover · DEGreat Ormond Street Hospital · GBHacettepe University · TRMethodist Healthcare · USOslo University Hospital · NOTechnical University of Munich · DEUniversitätsklinikum Erlangen · DEUniversity College London · GBUniversity Hospital Frankfurt · DE

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Heterozygous mutations in

Indexed as

Genetic Association StudiesGenetic HeterogeneityGenetic Predisposition to DiseaseAnemia, AplasticBone Marrow DiseasesBone Marrow Failure DisordersCongenital Bone Marrow Failure SyndromesDNA-Binding ProteinsFemaleHematopoietic Stem CellsHemoglobinuria, ParoxysmalHumansLymphocyte SubsetsMaleMDS1 and EVI1 Complex Locus ProteinMutationDNA-Binding ProteinsMDS1 and EVI1 Complex Locus ProteinMECOM protein, humanTranscription FactorsZBTB7B protein, human

Identifiers

PMID29540340
PMCPMC5873238
OpenAlexW2794192695

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