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ArticleArthritis research & therapy2007

Tumour necrosis factor blockade and the risk of osteoporosis: back to the future.

Philip Sambrook

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Article in Arthritis research & therapy, 2007. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers.

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0cells of the map it votes in
9citing papers in PubMed
0.9field-weighted citation impact, top 27% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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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

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

9 citing papers in PubMed, 20 citations in OpenAlex.

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  5. Bone effects of biologic drugs in rheumatoid arthritis.Clinical & developmental immunology · 2013
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  7. The role of interleukin-6 in rheumatoid arthritis-associated osteoporosis.Osteoporosis international : a journal established as result of cooperation between the European Foundation for Osteoporosis and the National Osteoporosis Foundation of the USA · 2010
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

1 author at 1 institution in 1 country.

Philip Sambrook
University of Sydney · AU

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Osteoporosis is a common clinical problem, especially in patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA). A reduction in bone mineral density (BMD) of the axial and appendicular skeleton ranging from 7% to 15% has been reported in RA in studies employing a variety of densitometric techniques. Reports consistent with a beneficial effect of tumour necrosis factor blockade on BMD have begun to emerge in recent years, and in Arthritis Research and Therapy, a case control study reports that patients treated with infliximab for RA had preservation of BMD in the lumbar spine and femoral neck compared to those treated with methotrexate.

Indexed as

Antibodies, MonoclonalAntirheumatic AgentsArthritis, RheumatoidBone DensityBone Density Conservation AgentsFemur NeckHumansInfliximabLumbar VertebraeOsteoporosisRadiographyTumor Necrosis Factor-alphaAntibodies, MonoclonalAntirheumatic AgentsBone Density Conservation AgentsInfliximabTumor Necrosis Factor-alpha

Identifiers

PMID17850677
PMCPMC2206379
OpenAlexW2035414395

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Registered trials

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