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ReviewCurrent rheumatology reports2004

Update on identification of pathogenic crystals in joint fluid.

Lan X Chen, Gilda Clayburne, H Ralph Schumacher

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Review in Current rheumatology reports, 2004. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
2citing papers in PubMed
0.3field-weighted citation impact, top 39% of its field
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

2 citing papers in PubMed, 15 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Milwaukee shoulder syndrome.Case reports in rheumatology · 2014
    Article
  2. Remitting seronegative symmetrical synovitis with pitting edema syndrome caused by crystal-induced arthritis of the wrist: a case report.Medical principles and practice : international journal of the Kuwait University, Health Science Centre · 2013
    Article
4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Lan X ChenVA Medical Center, 151K, University and Woodland Avenues, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA.
Gilda Clayburne
H Ralph Schumacher
Philadelphia VA Medical Center · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Crystal identification in joint fluid has been an essential part of diagnosis of joint disease. Recent advances have included progress in crystal identification on stained slides, attention to aspiration techniques, and arthrocenteses of asymptomatic joints. Challenges remain to increase use and optimize techniques.

Indexed as

Biopsy, Fine-NeedleCalcium PyrophosphateCrystallizationHumansJoint DiseasesMicroscopy, PolarizationSynovial FluidUric AcidCalcium PyrophosphateUric Acid

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PMID15134601
OpenAlexW2070219460

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