Evidence map›Paper›PMID 19357826›Full record

ReviewDer Nervenarzt2009

[Progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy. Undesirable side effect of immunotherapy].

H-P Hartung, C Warnke, R Hohlfeld, B C Kieseier

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Review in Der Nervenarzt, 2009. 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
0.7field-weighted citation impact, top 29% 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, 11 citations in OpenAlex.

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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

4 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

H-P HartungNeurologische Klinik, Heinrich-Heine-Universität, Moorenstrasse 5, 40225, Düsseldorf, Deutschland. hans-peter.hartung@uni-duesseldorf.de
C Warnke
R Hohlfeld
B C Kieseier
Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf · DELudwig-Maximilians-Universität München · DE

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

As new cases arise of progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy (PML) in patients with multiple sclerosis (MS) treated with the monoclonal antibody natalizumab, a critical discussion about risks and advantages of this specific kind of immunotherapy appears necessary. Practical consequences and treatment options are addressed based on current concepts of PML's pathogenesis in patients treated with natalizumab. Critical patient selection based on risk:benefit considerations, limited therapy regimens, early diagnosis of PML by clinical and paraclinical criteria, and therapeutic perspectives for treating PML are discussed. The risk of PML in patients with MS needs to be continually monitored and should be reduced with all means available to ensure optimal outcome.

Indexed as

Antibodies, MonoclonalAntibodies, Monoclonal, HumanizedHumansLeukoencephalopathy, Progressive MultifocalNatalizumabAntibodies, MonoclonalAntibodies, Monoclonal, HumanizedNatalizumab

Identifiers

PMID19357826
OpenAlexW1495255006

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Registered trials

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