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ArticleFrontiers in genetics2018

Clinical Genetics of Polydactyly: An Updated Review.

Muhammad Umair, Farooq Ahmad, Muhammad Bilal, Wasim Ahmad, Majid Alfadhel

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Article in Frontiers in genetics, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 50 papers.

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50citing papers in PubMed
5.9field-weighted citation impact, top 3% 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

50 citing papers in PubMed, 117 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

5 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Muhammad UmairDepartment of Biochemistry, Faculty of Biological Sciences, Quaid-i-Azam University, Islamabad, Pakistan.
Farooq AhmadDepartment of Biochemistry, Faculty of Biological Sciences, Quaid-i-Azam University, Islamabad, Pakistan.
Muhammad BilalDepartment of Biochemistry, Faculty of Biological Sciences, Quaid-i-Azam University, Islamabad, Pakistan.
Wasim AhmadDepartment of Biochemistry, Faculty of Biological Sciences, Quaid-i-Azam University, Islamabad, Pakistan.
Majid AlfadhelDivision of Genetics, Department of Pediatrics, King Abdulaziz Medical City, Ministry of National Guard-Health Affairs (NGHA), King Abdullah International Medical Research Centre, King Saud bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
Quaid-i-Azam University · PKNational Guard Health Affairs · SA

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Polydactyly, also known as

Indexed as

digit anomaliesextra digits/toeslimb defectsPAPpolydactylyPPD

Identifiers

PMID30459804
PMCPMC6232527
OpenAlexW2900263378

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