Talk:Atransferrinemia/Archive 1

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Hereditary atransferrinemia has been reported in medical publications for 11 patients. The molecular basis of atransferrinemia has been determined in only 3 human cases. (More information at Acta Haematol 2007;118:244–247 DOI: 10.1159/000112726). Violet's case hasn't been publicized in medical press. Nevertheless her case is very well known by specialists in US. Fivaller (talk) 20:02, 26 January 2008 (UTC)

Hard to find Information

If anyone happens to find any more information on this topic, it would be greatly appreciated if you could add to this. I found that trying to get my hands on respectable academic sources for this topic was nearly impossible. Cheers! WiiAlbanyGirl 09:37, 6 February 2007 (UTC)

Violet

Is there an article that goes with 2year old Violet? The picture info says shes widely publicized Xlegiofalco 03:30, 12 February 2007 (UTC)

there is an article on here at this website. In terms of a genetic disorder that has only been reported in 8 people ever, I would say that she is indeed widely publicized. She is a poster child for health care discrepancies, since her medicine, apotransferrin, is being taken off the market. Hopefully, more information will be on her in the future, so I can write an article on that as well! Thanks for your interest...cheers! WiiAlbanyGirl 05:34, 12 February 2007 (UTC)

Changing Numbers

There is a significant lack of academic information regarding the total number of cases of this disorder. There have been some edits to change the number of cases of this disorder. The reason why I have changed the number of cases back to 8 worldwide is that there is only proof of one PMID study done in 2000 stating that only 8 cases in 6 families have been reported worldwide. Please do not change an article without substantiating it with academic credentials. Thank you! WiiAlbanyGirl 05:37, 13 February 2007 (UTC)

• Ok, but changing the numbers was hardly vandalism as you stated in the edit summaries. I just meant to fix the contradictory claims the article had about the number of cases. Also, http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/dispomim.cgi?id=209300 says that "Beutler et al. (2000) stated that atransferrinemia had been reported in only 8 patients in 6 families." So, if eight cases had been reported up to the year 2000 and Violet was born after 2000, there have to be at least nine cases. --KFP (talk | contribs) 12:18, 13 February 2007 (UTC)

It sounds to me like the article should not offer a specific number of cases as a carved-in-stone truth, but should talk about the ambiguity caused by the lack of data instead. A Train ^{take the} 18:03, 13 February 2007 (UTC)

I agree with this but claims should be substantiated as well. Also, the study claims that it has been 8 cases in 6 families. There is no evidence to show who these families are and if Violet is in one of these families. It's difficult to assess, and as I stated vandelism as a first gut feeling, so don't feel too upset because of that. I usually put exactly what I feel like I'm doing at that moment in my edit entry. I didn't mean it as anything against you, and if it got in you in trouble, let me know so I can remove it. Lastly, with the article being on the main page for DYK, a few people decided to try to a few things with the article. I also fixed a couple of those edits as well.I'm a relatively new editor, and I try to always back up my claims with academic crendentials. Hopefully, more studies will be done in the future, and this article will be significantly expanded. Sorry for the confusion, mate! Cheers! WiiAlbanyGirl 20:13, 13 February 2007 (UTC)