Evidence map›Paper›PMID 18044185›Full record

ReviewClinical interventions in aging2007

Pathogenesis of Alzheimer's disease.

Russell H Swerdlow

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Review in Clinical interventions in aging, 2007. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 120 papers, 4 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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120citing papers in PubMed, 4 pooled it
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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

120 citing papers in PubMed, 4 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

1 author.

Russell H SwerdlowDepartment of Neurology, University of Virginia School of Medicine, Charlottesville, VA 22908, USA. rhs7e@virginia.edu

Funding

Cytochrome Oxidase Polymorphisms in AgingR01AG022407 · NIA · UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA CHARLOTTESVILLE · PI SWERDLOW, RUSSELL H · 2005 to 2007
$446k
NIA NIH HHS AG022407NIA NIH HHS R01 AG022407
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Alzheimer's disease (AD) is incredibly common. Increasing longevity ensures its prevalence will rise even further. Ongoing efforts to understand AD pathogenesis reveal numerous tantalizing leads. Formulating a comprehensive AD pathogenesis theory capable of incorporating these disparate leads, though, has proven difficult. This review discusses current attempts to formulate a comprehensive AD pathogenesis theory. In doing so, it focuses on clinical and molecular relationships between AD and aging. A better understanding of these relationships could inform and impact future development of AD-directed treatment strategies.

Indexed as

AgingAlzheimer DiseaseAlzheimer VaccinesAnimalsBrainDNA, MitochondrialHumansMitochondriaNerve DegenerationNeuroprotective AgentsNootropic AgentsOxidative StressPlaque, AmyloidTreatment OutcomeAlzheimer VaccinesDNA, MitochondrialNeuroprotective AgentsNootropic Agents

Identifiers

PMID18044185
PMCPMC2685260

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