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ArticleCell2021

Unreliability of genotyping arrays for detecting very rare variants in human genetic studies: Example from a recent study of MC4R.

Michael N Weedon, Caroline F Wright, Kashyap A Patel, Timothy M Frayling

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Article in Cell, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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4citing papers in PubMed
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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

4 citing papers in PubMed.

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  4. Array genotyping as diagnostic approach in medical genetics.Molecular genetics & genomic medicine · 2022
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors.

Michael N WeedonInstitute of Biomedical and Clinical Science, University of Exeter Medical School, Research, Innovation, Learning and Development building, Royal Devon & Exeter Hospital, Barrack Road, Exeter EX2 5DW, UK. Electronic address: m.n.weedon@exeter.ac.uk.
Caroline F WrightInstitute of Biomedical and Clinical Science, University of Exeter Medical School, Research, Innovation, Learning and Development building, Royal Devon & Exeter Hospital, Barrack Road, Exeter EX2 5DW, UK.
Kashyap A PatelInstitute of Biomedical and Clinical Science, University of Exeter Medical School, Research, Innovation, Learning and Development building, Royal Devon & Exeter Hospital, Barrack Road, Exeter EX2 5DW, UK.
Timothy M FraylingInstitute of Biomedical and Clinical Science, University of Exeter Medical School, Research, Innovation, Learning and Development building, Royal Devon & Exeter Hospital, Barrack Road, Exeter EX2 5DW, UK. Electronic address: t.m.frayling@exeter.ac.uk.

Funding

Wellcome Trust 219606
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

PubMed holds no abstract for this paper.

Indexed as

Genetic VariationReceptor, Melanocortin, Type 4GenotypeHuman GeneticsHumansMC4R protein, humanReceptor, Melanocortin, Type 4

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PMID33798434
PMCPMC7611986

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