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ArticleNeurology2010

EBV and brain matter(s)?

Alberto Ascherio, Amit Bar-Or

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Article in Neurology, 2010. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.

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7citing papers in PubMed
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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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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

7 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors.

Alberto Ascherio
Amit Bar-Or

Funding

Prospective study of biomarkers and risk factors for ALS incidence and progressioR01NS045893 · NINDS · HARVARD UNIVERSITY (SCH OF PUBLIC HLTH) · PI ASCHERIO, ALBERTO · 2003 to 2016
$4.0M
Prospective Study of Vitamin D and Multiple SclerosisR01NS046635 · NINDS · HARVARD UNIVERSITY (SCH OF PUBLIC HLTH) · PI ASCHERIO, ALBERTO · 2004 to 2012
$3.0M
Pre-diagnostic markers of infection and risk of MSR01NS042194 · NINDS · HARVARD UNIVERSITY (SCH OF PUBLIC HLTH) · PI ASCHERIO, ALBERTO · 2001 to 2009
$2.7M
Molecular Epidemiology of EBV and Multiple SclerosisR01NS047467 · NINDS · HARVARD UNIVERSITY (SCH OF PUBLIC HLTH) · PI ASCHERIO, ALBERTO · 2005 to 2008
$2.5M
NSAIDs, inflammation and Parkinson's diseaseR01NS048517 · NINDS · HARVARD UNIVERSITY (SCH OF PUBLIC HLTH) · PI ASCHERIO, ALBERTO · 2005 to 2009
$2.1M
NINDS NIH HHS R01 NS042194NINDS NIH HHS R01 NS045893NINDS NIH HHS R01 NS046635NINDS NIH HHS R01 NS047467NINDS NIH HHS R01 NS48517
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

PubMed holds no abstract for this paper.

Indexed as

BiomarkersBrainCausalityDisease ProgressionDNA, ViralEncephalitisEpstein-Barr Virus InfectionsHerpesvirus 4, HumanHumansMultiple SclerosisRNA, ViralViral ProteinsBiomarkersDNA, ViralEpstein-Barr virus encoded RNA 1RNA, ViralViral Proteins

Identifiers

PMID20237306

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