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ArticleBrain : a journal of neurology2024

Higher than expected incident cases of spinal bulbar muscular atrophy in western Canada.

Ryan Lamont, Malcolm King, Alexandra King, Kerri Schellenberg, Gerald Pfeffer

Abstract readLetter
In one paragraph

Article in Brain : a journal of neurology, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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0cells of the map it votes in
5citing papers in PubMed, 2 pooled it
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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, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.

  1. CMAJ : Canadian Medical Association journal = journal de l'Association medicale canadienne · 2026
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  2. Best practice recommendations for the clinical care of spinal bulbar muscular atrophy.CMAJ : Canadian Medical Association journal = journal de l'Association medicale canadienne · 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

5 authors.

Ryan LamontDepartment of Medical Genetics, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, T2N 4N1, Canada.
Malcolm KingCollege of Medicine, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, SK, S7N 5E5, Canada.
Alexandra KingCollege of Medicine, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, SK, S7N 5E5, Canada.
Kerri SchellenbergCollege of Medicine, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, SK, S7N 5E5, Canada.
Gerald PfefferDepartment of Medical Genetics, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, T2N 4N1, Canada.ORCID 0000-0002-7657-7098

Funding

Department of Clinical NeurosciencesKennedy's Disease AssociationMuscular Dystrophy CanadaUniversity of Calgary
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

PubMed holds no abstract for this paper.

Indexed as

Bulbo-Spinal Atrophy, X-LinkedAdultAgedCanadaFemaleHumansIncidenceMaleMiddle Aged

Identifiers

PMID38366260
PMCPMC11068102

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Registered trials

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