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From: Review and evaluation of the methodological quality of the existing guidelines and recommendations for inherited neurometabolic disorders

Fig. 4

Overall quality of the identified GLs and RCs. a Overall recommendation: percentage of strongly recommended (SR), recommended (R) and not recommended (NR) GLs and RCs. Data are expressed as relative percentage referred to total GLs and RCs covering the same group of diseases. b Overall quality assessment (OQA) of GLs and RCs. Data are presented as mean ± SD. c Correlation between OQA and year of publication, linear regression. d Grade of recommendation (GR) of GLs and RCs (scores from 1 = not recommended to 3 = recommended without modifications). Data are presented as mean ± SD. A: amino acid and organic acid metabolism (n = 8); C: carbohydrate metabolism (n = 9); D: lipid metabolism; E: vitamin and non protein cofactor metabolism and transport; G: mineral absorption and transport (n = 5); H: energy metabolism (n = 3); I: lysosomal and lysosomal-related organelles (n = 27)

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Orphanet Journal of Rare Diseases

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