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ReviewEuropean journal of human genetics : EJHG2019

European guidelines for constitutional cytogenomic analysis.

Marisa Silva, Nicole de Leeuw, Kathy Mann, Heleen Schuring-Blom, Sian Morgan, Daniela Giardino, Katrina Rack, Ros Hastings

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Review in European journal of human genetics : EJHG, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 81 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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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

81 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.

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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

8 authors.

Marisa SilvaDepartamento de Genética Humana, Instituto Nacional de Saúde Dr. Ricardo Jorge, Lisboa, Portugal.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3575-1261
Nicole de LeeuwDepartment of Human Genetics, Nijmegen Donders Institute for Brain, Cognition and Behaviour, Radboud University Medical Center, Nijmegen, The Netherlands.
Kathy MannGenetics Department, Viapath Analytics, Guy's Hospital, London, SE1 9RT, UK.
Heleen Schuring-BlomDepartment of Genetics, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht University, Utrecht, The Netherlands.
Sian MorganAll Wales Genetics Laboratory, Institute of Medical Genetics, University Hospital of Wales, Cardiff, Wales, UK.
Daniela GiardinoLab. Citogenetica Medica, Istituto Auxologico Italiano, Milano, Italy.
Katrina RackCEQAS/GenQA, John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford University Hospitals NHS Trust, Oxford, OX3 9DU, UK.
Ros HastingsCEQAS/GenQA, John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford University Hospitals NHS Trust, Oxford, OX3 9DU, UK. ros.hastings@ouh.nhs.uk.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

With advancing technology and the consequent shift towards an increasing application of molecular genetic techniques (e.g., microarrays, next-generation sequencing) with the potential for higher resolution in specific contexts, as well as the application of combined testing strategies for the diagnosis of chromosomal disorders, it is crucial that cytogenetic/cytogenomic services keep up to date with technology and have documents that provide guidance in this constantly evolving scenario. These new guidelines therefore aim to provide an updated, practical and easily available document that will enable genetic laboratories to operate within acceptable standards and to maintain a quality service.

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Practice Guidelines as TopicCytogenetic AnalysisEuropean UnionGenetic TestingPrenatal DiagnosisSocieties, Medical

Identifiers

PMID30275486
PMCPMC6303289

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