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ReviewNature reviews. Genetics2021

Towards improved genetic diagnosis of human differences of sex development.

Emmanuèle C Délot, Eric Vilain

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Review in Nature reviews. Genetics, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 57 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
57citing papers in PubMed, 2 pooled it
6.5field-weighted citation impact, top 2% 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

57 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 103 citations in OpenAlex.

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  11. Clinical practice guidelines for the management of differences of sex development in Japan.Clinical pediatric endocrinology : case reports and clinical investigations : official journal of the Japanese Society for Pediatric Endocrinology · 2026
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  18. Differences of sex development.Nature reviews. Disease primers · 2025
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  20. Amplicon-based targeted next-generation sequencing using dried blood spots for 46,XY differences/disorders of sex development: Aiming for diagnosis by minimally invasive testing.Clinical pediatric endocrinology : case reports and clinical investigations : official journal of the Japanese Society for Pediatric Endocrinology · 2025
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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

2 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Emmanuèle C DélotCenter for Genetic Medicine Research, Children's Research Institute, Children's National Hospital, Washington, DC, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3541-3190
Eric VilainCenter for Genetic Medicine Research, Children's Research Institute, Children's National Hospital, Washington, DC, USA. evilain@gwu.edu.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5557-3709
Children's National · US

Funding

Disorders/Differences of Sex Development (DSD) - Translational Research NetworkR01HD093450 · NICHD · UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN AT ANN ARBOR · PI SANDBERG, DAVID ERIC, VILAIN, ERIC J. · 2018 to 2022
$3.9M
NICHD NIH HHS R01 HD093450
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Despite being collectively among the most frequent congenital developmental conditions worldwide, differences of sex development (DSD) lack recognition and research funding. As a result, what constitutes optimal management remains uncertain. Identification of the individual conditions under the DSD umbrella is challenging and molecular genetic diagnosis is frequently not achieved, which has psychosocial and health-related repercussions for patients and their families. New genomic approaches have the potential to resolve this impasse through better detection of protein-coding variants and ascertainment of under-recognized aetiology, such as mosaic, structural, non-coding or epigenetic variants. Ultimately, it is hoped that better outcomes data, improved understanding of the molecular causes and greater public awareness will bring an end to the stigma often associated with DSD.

Indexed as

MutationSexual DevelopmentDisorders of Sex DevelopmentGenomicsHumansInterdisciplinary ResearchPathology, MolecularPatient Care Team

Identifiers

PMID34083777
PMCPMC10598994
OpenAlexW3164340993

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