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ArticleNeurology. Genetics2021

Miglustat Therapy for

Imran H Quraishi, Anna M Szekely, Anushree C Shirali, Pramod K Mistry, Lawrence J Hirsch

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Article in Neurology. Genetics, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 11 papers.

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0cells of the map it votes in
11citing papers in PubMed
0.8field-weighted citation impact, top 28% 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

11 citing papers in PubMed, 9 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.

Imran H QuraishiYale Comprehensive Epilepsy Center (I.H.Q., L.J.H.), Yale University School of Medicine; Department of Neurology (I.H.Q., A.M.S., L.J.H.), Yale University School of Medicine; Section of Nephrology (A.C.S.), Department of Internal Medicine, Yale University School of Medicine; and Section of Digestive Diseases (P.K.M.), Department of Internal Medicine; Departments of Pediatrics and Cellular and Molecular Physiology, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT.ORCID 0000-0003-2859-7446
Anna M SzekelyYale Comprehensive Epilepsy Center (I.H.Q., L.J.H.), Yale University School of Medicine; Department of Neurology (I.H.Q., A.M.S., L.J.H.), Yale University School of Medicine; Section of Nephrology (A.C.S.), Department of Internal Medicine, Yale University School of Medicine; and Section of Digestive Diseases (P.K.M.), Department of Internal Medicine; Departments of Pediatrics and Cellular and Molecular Physiology, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT.
Anushree C ShiraliYale Comprehensive Epilepsy Center (I.H.Q., L.J.H.), Yale University School of Medicine; Department of Neurology (I.H.Q., A.M.S., L.J.H.), Yale University School of Medicine; Section of Nephrology (A.C.S.), Department of Internal Medicine, Yale University School of Medicine; and Section of Digestive Diseases (P.K.M.), Department of Internal Medicine; Departments of Pediatrics and Cellular and Molecular Physiology, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT.
Pramod K MistryYale Comprehensive Epilepsy Center (I.H.Q., L.J.H.), Yale University School of Medicine; Department of Neurology (I.H.Q., A.M.S., L.J.H.), Yale University School of Medicine; Section of Nephrology (A.C.S.), Department of Internal Medicine, Yale University School of Medicine; and Section of Digestive Diseases (P.K.M.), Department of Internal Medicine; Departments of Pediatrics and Cellular and Molecular Physiology, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT.
Lawrence J HirschYale Comprehensive Epilepsy Center (I.H.Q., L.J.H.), Yale University School of Medicine; Department of Neurology (I.H.Q., A.M.S., L.J.H.), Yale University School of Medicine; Section of Nephrology (A.C.S.), Department of Internal Medicine, Yale University School of Medicine; and Section of Digestive Diseases (P.K.M.), Department of Internal Medicine; Departments of Pediatrics and Cellular and Molecular Physiology, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT.ORCID 0000-0002-6333-832X
Yale University · US

Funding

Yale Clinical and Translational Science Award (U Component)UL1TR001863 · NCATS · YALE UNIVERSITY · PI John H. Krystal, LUCILA OHNO-MACHADO · 2016 to 2026
$102.9M
NCATS NIH HHS UL1 TR001863
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

objectiveWe evaluated whether substrate reduction therapy with miglustat could alter the course of action myoclonus-renal failure syndrome (AMRF), a rare, progressive myoclonic epilepsy with early mortality caused by scavenger receptor class B member 2 (S

methodsWe identified an AMRF patient with a biallelic combination of

resultsProgression of myoclonus halted, dysphagia resolved, some skills were reacquired, and seizures remained well controlled.

conclusionsThe response suggests that neurologic symptoms of

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PMID34337151
PMCPMC8320328
OpenAlexW3183440307

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