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ArticleFrontiers in pediatrics2021

Microtia: A Data Linkage Study of Epidemiology and Implications for Service Delivery.

Thomas H Jovic, John A G Gibson, Rowena Griffiths, Thomas D Dobbs, Ashley Akbari, Nicholas Wilson-Jones, Rhodri Costello, Peter Evans, Mark Cooper, Steve Key and 2 more

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Article in Frontiers in pediatrics, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
7citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
2.3field-weighted citation impact, top 12% 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

7 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 17 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

12 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Thomas H JovicThe Welsh Centre for Burns and Plastic Surgery, Morriston Hospital, Swansea, United Kingdom.
John A G GibsonThe Welsh Centre for Burns and Plastic Surgery, Morriston Hospital, Swansea, United Kingdom.
Rowena GriffithsHealth Data Research UK, Swansea University, Swansea, United Kingdom.
Thomas D DobbsThe Welsh Centre for Burns and Plastic Surgery, Morriston Hospital, Swansea, United Kingdom.
Ashley AkbariHealth Data Research UK, Swansea University, Swansea, United Kingdom.
Nicholas Wilson-JonesThe Welsh Centre for Burns and Plastic Surgery, Morriston Hospital, Swansea, United Kingdom.
Rhodri CostelloDepartment of Otolaryngology, Morriston Hospital, Swansea, United Kingdom.
Peter EvansDepartment of Maxillofacial Surgery, Morriston Hospital, Swansea, United Kingdom.
Mark CooperThe Welsh Centre for Burns and Plastic Surgery, Morriston Hospital, Swansea, United Kingdom.
Steve KeyDepartment of Maxillofacial Surgery, Morriston Hospital, Swansea, United Kingdom.
Ronan LyonsHealth Data Research UK, Swansea University, Swansea, United Kingdom.
Iain S WhitakerThe Welsh Centre for Burns and Plastic Surgery, Morriston Hospital, Swansea, United Kingdom.
Morriston Hospital · GBSwansea University · GB

Funding

Wellcome Trust
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

PubMed holds no abstract for this paper.

Indexed as

congenitalepidemiologymicrotiaotologyreconstructive surgery

Identifiers

PMID33842409
PMCPMC8033003
OpenAlexW3142682108

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Registered trials

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