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ReviewOrphanet journal of rare diseases2022

Sanfilippo syndrome: consensus guidelines for clinical care.

Nicole Muschol, Roberto Giugliani, Simon A Jones, Joseph Muenzer, Nicholas J C Smith, Chester B Whitley, Megan Donnell, Elise Drake, Kristina Elvidge, Lisa Melton and 2 more

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Review in Orphanet journal of rare diseases, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 28 papers.

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0cells of the map it votes in
28citing papers in PubMed
4.8field-weighted citation impact, top 4% 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

28 citing papers in PubMed, 45 citations in OpenAlex.

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  10. Economic burden of Sanfilippo syndrome in the United States.Archives of public health = Archives belges de sante publique · 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

12 authors at 7 institutions in 5 countries.

Nicole MuscholDepartment of Pediatrics, International Center for Lysosomal Disorders (ICLD), University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany.
Roberto GiuglianiDASA, Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS), Hospital de Clinicas de Porto Alegre (HCPA), Casa dos Raros, Porto Alegre, Brazil.
Simon A JonesUniversity of Manchester, Manchester, UK.
Joseph MuenzerUniversity of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, USA.
Nicholas J C SmithDepartment of Neurology and Clinical Neurophysiology, Women's and Children's Health Network and the Discipline of Paediatrics, University of Adelaide, Adelaide, Australia.
Chester B WhitleyUniversity of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, USA.
Megan DonnellSanfilippo Children's Foundation, Freshwater, NSW, Australia.
Elise DrakeCure Sanfilippo Foundation, Columbia, SC, USA.
Kristina ElvidgeSanfilippo Children's Foundation, Freshwater, NSW, Australia.
Lisa MeltonSanfilippo Children's Foundation, Freshwater, NSW, Australia.
Cara O'NeillCure Sanfilippo Foundation, Columbia, SC, USA. cara@curesanfilippofoundation.org.ORCID 0000-0002-9377-259X
MPS III Guideline Development Group
Children's Cancer Institute Australia · AUUniversidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul · BRUniversität Hamburg · DEUniversity of Manchester · GBUniversity of Minnesota · USUniversity of North Carolina at Chapel Hill · USWomen's and Children's Health Network · AU

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Sanfilippo syndrome is a group of rare, complex, and progressive neurodegenerative lysosomal storage disorders that is characterized by childhood dementia. The clinical management of patients with progressive neurological decline and multisystem involvement requires a multidisciplinary team with experience in the management of neurodegenerative disorders. Best practice guidelines for the clinical management of patients with these types of rare disorders are critical to ensure prompt diagnosis and initiation of appropriate care. However, there are no published standard global clinical care guidelines for patients with Sanfilippo syndrome. To address this, a literature review was conducted to evaluate the current evidence base and to identify evidence gaps. The findings were reviewed by an international steering committee composed of clinical experts with extensive experience in managing patients with Sanfilippo syndrome. The goal was to create a consensus set of basic clinical guidelines that will be accessible to and informed by clinicians globally, as well as providing a practical resource for families to share with their local care team who may not have experience with this rare disease. This review distills 178 guideline statements into an easily digestible document that provides evidence-based, expert-led recommendations for how to approach common management challenges and appropriate monitoring schedules in the care of patients with Sanfilippo syndrome.

Indexed as

Mucopolysaccharidosis IIIChildConsensusHumansDiagnosisManagementMucopolysaccharidosis type IIIRecommendationsSanfilippo syndrome

Identifiers

PMID36303195
PMCPMC9612603
OpenAlexW4307772616

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