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ArticleMolecular genetics and metabolism reports2021

Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the standard of care for patients with lysosomal storage diseases: A survey of healthcare professionals in the Fabry, Gaucher, and Hunter Outcome Survey registries.

Deborah Elstein, Roberto Giugliani, Joseph Muenzer, Jörn Schenk, Ida V D Schwartz, Christina Anagnostopoulou

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Article in Molecular genetics and metabolism reports, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 10 papers.

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0cells of the map it votes in
10citing papers in PubMed
1.4field-weighted citation impact, top 19% 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

10 citing papers in PubMed, 10 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

6 authors at 5 institutions in 4 countries.

Deborah ElsteinIndependent consultant, Jerusalem, Israel.
Roberto GiuglianiMedical Genetics Service and Reference Center for Rare Diseases, Hospital de Clínicas de Porto Alegre, and Department of Genetics, UFRGS, Porto Alegre, Brazil.
Joseph MuenzerUniversity of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, USA.
Jörn SchenkTakeda Pharmaceuticals Inc., Zurich, Switzerland.
Ida V D SchwartzMedical Genetics Service and Reference Center for Rare Diseases, Hospital de Clínicas de Porto Alegre, and Department of Genetics, UFRGS, Porto Alegre, Brazil.
Christina AnagnostopoulouTakeda Pharmaceuticals Inc., Zurich, Switzerland.
Takeda (Switzerland) · CHHospital de Clínicas de Porto Alegre · BRJerusalem Institute for Israel Studies · ILUniversidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul · BRUniversity of North Carolina at Chapel Hill · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the standards of care of patients with lysosomal storage diseases and the needs of their healthcare providers were explored using a 12-question survey. Overall, 80/91 respondents (88%) indicated that the pandemic had negatively affected standards of care. With increased reliance on telemedicine, the respondents highlighted the need for a personalized approach to care, direct and frequent communication with patients, and greater involvement of patients and caregivers.

Indexed as

COVID-19COVID-19, coronavirus disease 2019ERT, enzyme replacement therapyFabry Outcome SurveyFOS, Fabry Outcome SurveyGaucher Outcome SurveyGOS, Gaucher Outcome SurveyHCP, healthcare professionalHOS, Hunter Outcome SurveyHunter Outcome SurveyIT, information technologyLSD, lysosomal storage diseaseLysosomal storage diseaseMPS II, mucopolysaccharidosis IIStandard of care

Identifiers

PMID34367919
PMCPMC8332928
OpenAlexW3188004323

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Registered trials

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