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ReviewAnatomy & cell biology2024

Morphology and variations of middle cerebral artery: systematic review and meta-analysis.

Urvi Sharma, Suman Verma, Subathra Adithan, Ashish Khobragade

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Review in Anatomy & cell biology, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. An erratum has been issued. Cited by 5 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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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.

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  4. Duplicate origin of the middle cerebral artery: a rare variant.Surgical and radiologic anatomy : SRA · 2025
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors.

Urvi SharmaDepartment of Anatomy, All India Institute of Medical Science, Rishikesh, India.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9354-9996
Suman VermaDepartment of Anatomy, Jawaharlal Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education and Research, Puducherry, India.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7266-9318
Subathra AdithanDepartment of Radiodiagnosis, Jawaharlal Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education and Research, Puducherry, India.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1464-9911
Ashish KhobragadeDepartment of Community and Family Medicine, All India Institute of Medical Science, Raipur, India.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8051-6450

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

To review morphometry, morphology, branching patterns and anomalies of middle cerebral artery (MCA). The databases of PubMed, Google Scholar and Scopus were searched with different keywords. The review comprised of 45 studies. Meta-analysis was done for dimensions of MCA, shapes, patterns and MCA anomalies. Newcastle-Ottawa Scale was used for assessment of literature. Statistical analysis was done using R software using meta package. Thirteen research were combined to determine the proportion of MCA length and pooled proportion was 16.53 cm (15.33 to 17.72 cm); I

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AneurysmCerebral angiographyEmbryologyHistologyMiddle cerebral artery

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PMID39317447
PMCPMC11663519

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