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ReviewPediatric radiology2019

Esophageal transit scintigraphy in children: a user's guide and pictorial review.

Asha Sarma, Frederick D Grant, Neha S Kwatra

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Review in Pediatric radiology, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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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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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

2 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Clearance of corticosteroids in pediatric patients with active eosinophilic esophagitis: Faster than expected.Pediatric allergy and immunology : official publication of the European Society of Pediatric Allergy and Immunology · 2026
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors.

Asha SarmaDepartment of Radiology, Harvard Medical School, Boston Children's Hospital, 300 Longwood Ave., Boston, MA, 02115, USA.
Frederick D GrantDepartment of Radiology, Harvard Medical School, Boston Children's Hospital, 300 Longwood Ave., Boston, MA, 02115, USA.
Neha S KwatraDepartment of Radiology, Harvard Medical School, Boston Children's Hospital, 300 Longwood Ave., Boston, MA, 02115, USA. neha.kwatra@childrens.harvard.edu.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-9686-3550

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Technical and clinical aspects of esophageal transit scintigraphy in pediatric patients are reviewed via several illustrative cases that highlight its utility in evaluating primary and secondary esophageal motility disorders.

Indexed as

ChildDiagnosis, DifferentialEsophageal Motility DisordersHumansRadionuclide ImagingChildrenEsophageal transit scintigraphyEsophagusMotility disorderNuclear medicine

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PMID30535870

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