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ReviewFrontiers in endocrinology2019

Knowledge Gaps and Emerging Research Areas in Intrauterine Growth Restriction-Associated Brain Injury.

Bobbi Fleiss, Flora Wong, Fiona Brownfoot, Isabelle K Shearer, Olivier Baud, David W Walker, Pierre Gressens, Mary Tolcos

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In one paragraph

Review in Frontiers in endocrinology, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 36 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
36citing papers in PubMed, 2 pooled it
6.6field-weighted citation impact, top 3% of its field
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

36 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 70 citations in OpenAlex.

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  8. Deep learning assessment of fetal brain maturation on 3D ultrasound volumes in early-onset fetal growth restriction.Ultrasound in obstetrics & gynecology : the official journal of the International Society of Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology · 2026
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  19. Nanomaterial Inhalation During Pregnancy Alters Systemic Vascular Function in a Cyclooxygenase-Dependent Manner.Toxicological sciences : an official journal of the Society of Toxicology · 2022
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  20. The Update of Fetal Growth Restriction Associated with Biomarkers.Maternal-fetal medicine (Wolters Kluwer Health, Inc.) · 2022
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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 at 5 institutions in 4 countries.

Bobbi FleissSchool of Health and Biomedical Sciences, RMIT University, Bundoora, VIC, Australia.
Flora WongThe Ritchie Centre, Hudson Institute of Medical Research, Clayton, VIC, Australia.
Fiona BrownfootTranslational Obstetrics Group, Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Mercy Hospital for Women, University of Melbourne, Heidelberg, VIC, Australia.
Isabelle K ShearerSchool of Health and Biomedical Sciences, RMIT University, Bundoora, VIC, Australia.
Olivier BaudNeuroDiderot, INSERM, Université Paris Diderot, Sorbonne Paris Cité, Paris, France.
David W WalkerSchool of Health and Biomedical Sciences, RMIT University, Bundoora, VIC, Australia.
Pierre GressensNeuroDiderot, INSERM, Université Paris Diderot, Sorbonne Paris Cité, Paris, France.
Mary TolcosSchool of Health and Biomedical Sciences, RMIT University, Bundoora, VIC, Australia.
RMIT University · AUNeuroDiderotHudson Institute of Medical Research · AUMercy Hospital for Women · AUUniversité Paris Cité · FR

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Intrauterine growth restriction (IUGR) is a complex global healthcare issue. Concerted research and clinical efforts have improved our knowledge of the neurodevelopmental sequelae of IUGR which has raised the profile of this complex problem. Nevertheless, there is still a lack of therapies to prevent the substantial rates of fetal demise or the constellation of permanent neurological deficits that arise from IUGR. The purpose of this article is to highlight the clinical and translational gaps in our knowledge that hamper our collective efforts to improve the neurological sequelae of IUGR. Also, we draw attention to cutting-edge tools and techniques that can provide novel insights into this disorder, and technologies that offer the potential for better drug design and delivery. We cover topics including: how we can improve our use of crib-side monitoring options, what we still need to know about inflammation in IUGR, the necessity for more human post-mortem studies, lessons from improved integrated histology-imaging analyses regarding the cell-specific nature of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) signals, options to improve risk stratification with genomic analysis, and treatments mediated by nanoparticle delivery which are designed to modify specific cell functions.

Indexed as

brain developmentgrowth restrictionneurobiology and brain physiologyneuroinflammationneuroprotection

Identifiers

PMID30984110
PMCPMC6449431
OpenAlexW2930557967

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