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ReviewNeurosciences (Riyadh, Saudi Arabia)2018

Neurometabolic disorders and congenital malformations of the central nervous system.

Ahmed Y BoAli, Majid Alfadhel, Brahim Tabarki

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Review in Neurosciences (Riyadh, Saudi Arabia), 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
7citing papers in PubMed
0.5field-weighted citation impact, top 37% 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

7 citing papers in PubMed, 9 citations in OpenAlex.

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  5. Treatable inherited metabolic epilepsies.Neurosciences (Riyadh, Saudi Arabia) · 2021
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  6. Biallelic variants in HPDL, encoding 4-hydroxyphenylpyruvate dioxygenase-like protein, lead to an infantile neurodegenerative condition.Genetics in medicine : official journal of the American College of Medical Genetics · 2021
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Ahmed Y BoAliDivisions of Pediatric Neurology, Department of Pediatrics, Prince Sultan Military Medical City,Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
Majid Alfadhel
Brahim Tabarki
National Guard Health Affairs · SARiyadh Armed Forces Hospital · SA

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Both malformations of the central nervous system and neurometabolic disorders are common, mainly in highly consanguineous populations. Both metabolic pathways and developmental pathways are closely related and interact with each other. Neurometabolic disorders can lead to disturbances in brain development through multiple mechanisms that include deficits in energy metabolism, critical nutrient deficiency, accumulation of neurotoxic substrates, abnormality in cell membrane constituents, and interference in cell-to-cell signaling pathways. The anomalies observed include absent or hypoplastic corpus callosum, midline brain defects, and malformations of the cortex, the cerebellum and the brain stem. Early diagnosis of an underlying inherited neurometabolic disorders is critical for the institution of treatment, which may positively influence prognosis, and allow for proper genetic counseling. In this review, we discuss those disorders in which the structural brain malformation is a dominant feature, and propose a practical approach that will permit a physician to investigate, and treat these disorders.

Indexed as

BrainHumansMetabolism, Inborn ErrorsNervous System Malformations

Identifiers

PMID29664449
PMCPMC8015440
OpenAlexW2799312316

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