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Etiologies of Early-Onset Hearing Impairment in Rwanda.

Esther Uwibambe, Leon Mutesa, Charles Muhizi, Isaie Ncogoza, Elvis Twumasi Aboagye, Norbert Dukuze, Samuel M Adadey, Carmen DeKock, Ambroise Wonkam

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Article in Genes, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper, 1 of them a synthesis that 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

1 citing paper in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

  1. Genetics of Waardenburg Syndrome in Africa: A Systematic Review.International journal of molecular sciences · 2025
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors.

Esther UwibambeCenter for Human Genetics, College of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of Rwanda, Kigali P.O. Box 4285, Rwanda.ORCID 0009-0004-2046-9495
Leon MutesaCenter for Human Genetics, College of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of Rwanda, Kigali P.O. Box 4285, Rwanda.ORCID 0000-0002-5308-3706
Charles MuhiziDepartment of Ophthalmology, College of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of Rwanda, Kigali P.O. Box 4285, Rwanda.
Isaie NcogozaDepartment of the Ear, Nose, and Throat (ENT), College of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of Rwanda, Kigali P.O. Box 4285, Rwanda.ORCID 0000-0002-5426-1420
Elvis Twumasi AboagyeDivision of Human Genetics, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Cape Town, Cape Town 7925, South Africa.ORCID 0000-0002-2994-3761
Norbert DukuzeCenter for Human Genetics, College of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of Rwanda, Kigali P.O. Box 4285, Rwanda.
Samuel M AdadeyNational Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892-2510, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-1993-2786
Carmen DeKockDivision of Human Genetics, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Cape Town, Cape Town 7925, South Africa.ORCID 0000-0002-4509-3162
Ambroise WonkamDivision of Human Genetics, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Cape Town, Cape Town 7925, South Africa.ORCID 0000-0003-1420-9051

Funding

Hearing Impairment Genetics Studies in Africa (HI-GENES Africa)U01HG009716 · NHGRI · UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN · PI WONKAM, AMBROISE · 2017 to 2021
$1.2M
NHGRI NIH HHS U01 HG009716NIH HHS 1U01HG009716-12A1Wellcome Trust H3A/18/001
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

PubMed holds no abstract for this paper.

Indexed as

Connexin 26Connexin 30Hearing LossAge of OnsetChildChild, PreschoolFemaleHumansInfantMaleRwandaConnexin 26Connexin 30GJB2 protein, humanGJB6 protein, humanetiologygeneticsGJB2GJB6hearing impairmentRwanda

Identifiers

PMID40149409
PMCPMC11941765

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