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ArticleWellcome open research2020

Sodium channel myotonia may be associated with high-risk brief resolved unexplained events.

Gabriel Cea, Daniel Andreu, Elaine Fletcher, Sithara Ramdas, Richa Sud, Michael G Hanna, Emma Matthews

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Article in Wellcome open research, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
3citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
0.4field-weighted citation impact, top 48% 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

3 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 5 citations in OpenAlex.

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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

7 authors at 5 institutions in 2 countries.

Gabriel CeaDepartamento de Ciencias Neurológicas, Universidad de Chile, Santiago, Chile.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6388-7783
Daniel AndreuDepartamento de Ciencias Neurológicas, Universidad de Chile, Santiago, Chile.
Elaine FletcherDepartment of Clinical Genetics, Centre for Genomic and Experimental Medicine, Western General Hospital, Edinburgh, EH5 2GL, UK.
Sithara RamdasDepartment of Paediatric Neurology, John Radcliffe Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, Oxford, UK.
Richa SudNeurogenetics Unit, UCL Queen Square Institute of Neurology, London, UK.
Michael G HannaDepartment of Neuromuscular Diseases, UCL Queen Square Institute of Neurology, London, UK.
Emma MatthewsDepartment of Neuromuscular Diseases, UCL Queen Square Institute of Neurology, London, UK.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3810-306X
National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery · GBHospital del Salvador · CLJohn Radcliffe Hospital · GBUniversity of Chile · CLWestern General Hospital · GB

Funding

Wellcome Trust 209583/Z/17/Z
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Brief resolved unexplained events (BRUEs) have numerous and varied causes posing a challenge to investigation and management. A subset of infants with the neuromuscular disorder sodium channel myotonia, due to mutations in the

Indexed as

ApnoeaChannelopathyLaryngospasmMuscle DiseaseMyotoniaPaediatricSodium channelStridor

Identifiers

PMID32509969
PMCPMC7241273
OpenAlexW3014531001

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