Evidence map›Paper›PMID 31731535›Full record

ArticleGenes2019

Edmond Tingang Wonkam, Emile Chimusa, Jean Jacques Noubiap, Samuel Mawuli Adadey, Jean Valentin F Fokouo, Ambroise Wonkam

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Article in Genes, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 22 papers, 4 of them syntheses that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
22citing papers in PubMed, 4 pooled it
2.3field-weighted citation impact, top 13% 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

22 citing papers in PubMed, 4 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 26 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Genetics of Waardenburg Syndrome in Africa: A Systematic Review.International journal of molecular sciences · 2025
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  2. Current profile of Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease in Africa: A systematic review.Journal of the peripheral nervous system : JPNS · 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

6 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Edmond Tingang WonkamDepartment of Pathology, Division of Human Genetics, University of Cape Town, Cape Town 7925, South Africa.
Emile ChimusaDepartment of Pathology, Division of Human Genetics, University of Cape Town, Cape Town 7925, South Africa.
Jean Jacques NoubiapDepartment of Medicine, University of Cape Town, 7925 Cape Town, South Africa.
Samuel Mawuli AdadeyDepartment of Pathology, Division of Human Genetics, University of Cape Town, Cape Town 7925, South Africa.ORCID 0000-0002-1993-2786
Jean Valentin F FokouoDepartment of Surgery, ENT unit, Bertoua Regional Hospital, P.O. Box 40 Bertoua, Cameroon.
Ambroise WonkamDepartment of Pathology, Division of Human Genetics, University of Cape Town, Cape Town 7925, South Africa.
University of Cape Town · ZAUniversity of Ghana · GH

Funding

Sickle Africa Data Coordinating CenterU24HL135600 · NHLBI · UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN · PI MULDER, NICOLA, WONKAM, AMBROISE · 2017 to 2025
$8.6M
Return of a Fragile X Syndrome genetic result: exploring the feedback of individual genetic findings and their relation to traditional knowledge in a village in Cameroon.U54HG009790 · NHGRI · UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN · PI WONKAM, AMBROISE · 2017 to 2021
$2.5M
Hearing Impairment Genetics Studies in Africa (HI-GENES Africa)U01HG009716 · NHGRI · UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN · PI WONKAM, AMBROISE · 2017 to 2021
$1.2M
NHGRI NIH HHS U01 HG009716NHLBI NIH HHS U24 HL135600NIH Office of the Director U01-HG-009716Wellcome Trust 107755Z/15/ZWellcome Trust H3A/18/001
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

This study aimed to investigate

Indexed as

MutationAdolescentAdultAgedCameroonChildChild, PreschoolConnexin 26Connexin 30ConnexinsFemaleHearing Loss, SensorineuralHumansInfantMaleMiddle AgedConnexin 26Connexin 30ConnexinsGJB2 protein, humanGJB6 protein, humanAfricaCameroongeneticsGJB2 and GJB6hearing impairment

Identifiers

PMID31731535
PMCPMC6895965
OpenAlexW2981607066

What OpenQuestion holds

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Registered trials

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Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.