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Sodium Channel Gene Variants in Fetuses with Abnormal Sonographic Findings: Expanding the Prenatal Phenotypic Spectrum of Sodium Channelopathies.

Andrea Hadjipanteli, Athina Theodosiou, Ioannis Papaevripidou, Paola Evangelidou, Angelos Alexandrou, Nicole Salameh, Ioannis Kallikas, Kyriakos Kakoullis, Sofia Frakala, Christina Oxinou and 4 more

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Article in Genes, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
5citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
1.4field-weighted citation impact, top 21% 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

5 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 6 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Pooled it
  2. Article
  3. Genetics and Stillbirth.Clinics in perinatology · 2026
    Review
  4. Neurologist's Black Swan: Molecular Basis of Prenatal Seizures.International journal of molecular sciences · 2025
    Review
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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

14 authors at 4 institutions in 2 countries.

Andrea HadjipanteliThe Cyprus Institute of Neurology and Genetics, Cytogenetics and Genomics, 2371 Nicosia, Cyprus.ORCID 0009-0008-4401-7513
Athina TheodosiouThe Cyprus Institute of Neurology and Genetics, Cytogenetics and Genomics, 2371 Nicosia, Cyprus.ORCID 0000-0003-4363-8162
Ioannis PapaevripidouThe Cyprus Institute of Neurology and Genetics, Cytogenetics and Genomics, 2371 Nicosia, Cyprus.
Paola EvangelidouThe Cyprus Institute of Neurology and Genetics, Cytogenetics and Genomics, 2371 Nicosia, Cyprus.ORCID 0000-0001-5565-0666
Angelos AlexandrouThe Cyprus Institute of Neurology and Genetics, Cytogenetics and Genomics, 2371 Nicosia, Cyprus.
Nicole SalamehThe Cyprus Institute of Neurology and Genetics, Cytogenetics and Genomics, 2371 Nicosia, Cyprus.
Ioannis KallikasAAK Ultrasound and Fetal Medicine Centre, 2025 Nicosia, Cyprus.
Kyriakos KakoullisApollonion Private Hospital, 2054 Nicosia, Cyprus.
Sofia FrakalaLedra Clinic, 1060 Nicosia, Cyprus.
Christina OxinouChristina Oxinou Histopathology/Cytology Laboratory, 1065 Nicosia, Cyprus.
Andreas MarneridesGuy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust, London SE1 7EH, UK.
Ludmila KousoulidouThe Cyprus Institute of Neurology and Genetics, Cytogenetics and Genomics, 2371 Nicosia, Cyprus.ORCID 0000-0002-9774-262X
Violetta C AnastasiadouArchbishop Makarios III Hospital, 2012 Nicosia, Cyprus.
Carolina SismaniThe Cyprus Institute of Neurology and Genetics, Cytogenetics and Genomics, 2371 Nicosia, Cyprus.ORCID 0000-0002-9296-8347
Cyprus Institute of Neurology and Genetics · CYArchbishop Makarios III Hospital · CYGuy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust · GBHippocrateon Private Hospital · CY

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Voltage-gated sodium channels (VGSCs) are responsible for the initiation and propagation of action potentials in the brain and muscle. Pathogenic variants in genes encoding VGSCs have been associated with severe disorders including epileptic encephalopathies and congenital myopathies. In this study, we identified pathogenic variants in genes encoding the α subunit of VGSCs in the fetuses of two unrelated families with the use of trio-based whole exome sequencing, as part of a larger cohort study. Sanger sequencing was performed for variant confirmation as well as parental phasing. The fetus of the first family carried a known de novo heterozygous missense variant in the

Indexed as

Abnormalities, MultipleChannelopathiesCohort StudiesFemaleFetusHumansNAV1.4 Voltage-Gated Sodium ChannelPregnancySodium ChannelsVitaminsNAV1.4 Voltage-Gated Sodium ChannelSCN4A protein, humanSodium ChannelsVitaminsepileptic encephalopathySCN2ASCN4Asevere fetal congenital myopathy 22Bvoltage-gated sodium channelswhole-exome sequencing

Identifiers

PMID38255008
PMCPMC10815715
OpenAlexW4390972548

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