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Sirenomelia in a Nigerian triplet: a case report

Overview of attention for article published in Journal of Medical Case Reports, September 2011
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  • In the top 25% of all research outputs scored by Altmetric
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  • High Attention Score compared to outputs of the same age and source (88th percentile)

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Title
Sirenomelia in a Nigerian triplet: a case report
Published in
Journal of Medical Case Reports, September 2011
DOI 10.1186/1752-1947-5-426
Pubmed ID
Authors

Rosemary O Ugwu, Augusta U Eneh, Woroma Wonodi

Abstract

Sirenomelia, also known as mermaid syndrome, is a very rare fatal congenital abnormality in which the legs are fused together, giving them the appearance of a mermaid's tail. It is commonly associated with abnormal kidney development, genital and rectal abnormalities. A handful of cases have been reported in other parts of the world, however, no cases have previously been reported in a Nigerian neonate. To the best of our knowledge, we believe that this is the first case reported from West Africa and in a triplet.

Mendeley readers

Mendeley readers

The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 14 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.

Geographical breakdown

Country Count As %
Unknown 14 100%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Other 3 21%
Student > Bachelor 2 14%
Student > Master 2 14%
Student > Postgraduate 2 14%
Student > Ph. D. Student 1 7%
Other 2 14%
Unknown 2 14%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Medicine and Dentistry 6 43%
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology 1 7%
Psychology 1 7%
Computer Science 1 7%
Social Sciences 1 7%
Other 1 7%
Unknown 3 21%
Attention Score in Context

Attention Score in Context

This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 6. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 04 September 2011.
All research outputs
#5,625,137
of 22,709,015 outputs
Outputs from Journal of Medical Case Reports
#426
of 3,890 outputs
Outputs of similar age
#32,405
of 125,098 outputs
Outputs of similar age from Journal of Medical Case Reports
#6
of 53 outputs
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