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ReviewPediatric radiology2021

Magnetic resonance imaging of the brainstem in children, part 1: imaging techniques, embryology, anatomy and review of congenital conditions.

Asha Sarma, Josh M Heck, Josephine Ndolo, Allen Newton, Sumit Pruthi

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Review in Pediatric radiology, 2021. 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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2citing papers in PubMed
1.7field-weighted citation impact, top 16% 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

2 citing papers in PubMed, 6 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

5 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Asha SarmaDepartment of Radiology and Radiological Sciences, Monroe Carell Jr. Children's Hospital, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, 2200 Children's Way, Nashville, TN, 37232, USA.
Josh M HeckDepartment of Radiology and Radiological Sciences, Monroe Carell Jr. Children's Hospital, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, 2200 Children's Way, Nashville, TN, 37232, USA.
Josephine NdoloDepartment of Radiology and Radiological Sciences, Monroe Carell Jr. Children's Hospital, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, 2200 Children's Way, Nashville, TN, 37232, USA.
Allen NewtonDepartment of Radiology and Radiological Sciences, Monroe Carell Jr. Children's Hospital, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, 2200 Children's Way, Nashville, TN, 37232, USA.
Sumit PruthiDepartment of Radiology and Radiological Sciences, Monroe Carell Jr. Children's Hospital, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, 2200 Children's Way, Nashville, TN, 37232, USA. sumit.pruthi@vumc.org.ORCID 0000-0002-4035-0852
Monroe Carell Jr. Children's Hospital · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Part 1 of this series of two articles describes conventional and advanced MRI techniques that are useful for evaluating brainstem pathologies. In addition, it provides a review of the embryology, normal progression of myelination, and clinically and radiologically salient imaging anatomy of the normal brainstem. Finally, it discusses congenital diseases of the brainstem with a focus on distinctive imaging features that allow for differentiating pathologies. Part 2 of this series of two articles includes discussion of neoplasms; infections; and vascular, demyelinating, toxic and metabolic, and miscellaneous disease processes affecting the brainstem. The ultimate goal of this pair of articles is to empower the radiologist to add clinical value in the care of pediatric patients with brainstem pathologies.

Indexed as

Brain StemMagnetic Resonance ImagingChildHumansBrainBrainstemChildrenCongenitalHindbrainMagnetic resonance imagingMalformationMidbrainPosterior fossa

Identifiers

PMID33496830
OpenAlexW3122025824

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