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ReviewItalian journal of pediatrics2018

The role of imaging in the skeletal involvement of mucopolysaccharidoses.

Vincenzo Spina, Domenico Barbuti, Alberto Gaeta, Stefano Palmucci, Ernesto Soscia, Marco Grimaldi, Antonio Leone, Renzo Manara, Gabriele Polonara

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Review in Italian journal of pediatrics, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 12 papers.

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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

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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

12 citing papers in PubMed.

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  9. Vertebral Tongue-Like Deformity in Mucopolysaccharidosis VI.Journal of the Belgian Society of Radiology · 2021
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  12. The new frame for Mucopolysaccharidoses.Italian journal of pediatrics · 2018
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors.

Vincenzo SpinaDivision of General and Emergency Radiology, Sant'Agostino-Estense Hospital, Modena, Italy. v.spina@ausl.mo.it.
Domenico BarbutiDepartment of Diagnostic Imaging, Pediatric Hospital Bambin Gesù, Rome, Italy.
Alberto GaetaRadiology Unit, Pediatric Hospital Giovanni XXIII, Bari, Italy.
Stefano PalmucciRadiodiagnostic and Radiotherapy Unit, University Hospital Policlinico-Vittorio Emanuele, Catania, Italy.
Ernesto SosciaBio-structures e Bio-imaging Institute, CNR, Naples, Italy.
Marco GrimaldiDepartment of Diagnostic Imaging, Neuroradiology, Humanitas Clinical and Research Center, IRCCS-Rozzano, Milan, Italy.
Antonio LeoneFondazione Policlinico Universitario Policlinico Gemelli IRCCS, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Rome, Italy.
Renzo ManaraNeuroradiology, Department of Medicine and Surgery, University of Salerno, Baronissi, Salerno, Italy.
Gabriele PolonaraNeuroradiology Unit, University Hospital "Ospedali Riuniti di Ancona", Politecnica University of Marche, Ancona, Italy.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

This article discusses the role of imaging modalities including radiography, multi-detector computed tomography, magnetic resonance imaging, and ultrasound in diagnosing and monitoring skeletal abnormalities in mucopolysaccharidoses (MPS). The advantages and disadvantages of these different imaging tools will be discussed, along with their feasibility in this class of patients. As the musculoskeletal involvement is common to all MPS and is one of the main reasons for seeking medical attention, an increased awareness among paediatricians, rheumatologists, orthopaedists, radiologists, and other musculoskeletal specialists on the possible spectrum of abnormalities observed could facilitate a timely diagnosis, an appropriate severity evaluation, and better management.

Indexed as

Bone DiseasesHumansMagnetic Resonance ImagingMucopolysaccharidosesMultidetector Computed TomographyUltrasonographyMagnetic resonance imagingMucopolysaccharidosesMultidetector computed tomographyMusculoskeletal involvementRadiographyUltrasound

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PMID30442151
PMCPMC6238247

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