Evidence map›Paper›PMID 20353978›Full record

ReviewLupus2010

Antiphospholipid syndrome and the brain in pediatric and adult patients.

E Muscal, R L Brey

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In one paragraph

Review in Lupus, 2010. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 12 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
12citing papers in PubMed
3.3field-weighted citation impact, top 8% 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

12 citing papers in PubMed, 55 citations in OpenAlex.

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  8. Pediatric antiphospholipid syndrome.Current rheumatology reports · 2015
    Review
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  10. Statins for COPD: a challenge to conventional beliefs?Primary care respiratory journal : journal of the General Practice Airways Group · 2012
    Article
  11. Article
  12. The management of stroke in antiphospholipid syndrome.Current rheumatology reports · 2012
    Review
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

2 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

E MuscalDivision of Rheumatology, Department of Pediatrics, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, USA.
R L Brey
Baylor College of Medicine · USThe University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio · US

Funding

Baylor CHRC: Pediatrics Mentored Research ProgramK12HD041648 · NICHD · BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE · PI KLINE, MARK · 2002 to 2011
$4.2M
NICHD NIH HHS K12 HD041648NINDS NIH HHS L40 NS063883
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The most common neurological manifestations of antiphospholipid syndrome (APS) in all age-groups include stroke and transient ischemic attacks due to arterial thromboses and cerebral ischemia. Antiphospholipid antibodies may cause additional non-criteria neurological impairments through vascular, neuroinflammatory and direct neuronal effects. Anti-aggregant or anticoagulant therapies are indicated for APS-related ischemic strokes. Treatment regimens for asymptomatic antibody-positive patients and those with refractory or recurrent disease remain controversial. There is scant literature on the epidemiology and therapy of neurological APS manifestations in pediatric patients. Assessments of modifiable cardiovascular and inherited thrombophilia risk factors are essential in patients with APS. There may be a role for novel neuroimaging modalities in quantifying APS-related microstructural brain damage. The clinical utility of statins, antimalarials, angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitors, and thrombin inhibitors warrant further research.

Indexed as

AdultAge FactorsAntibodies, AntiphospholipidAnticoagulantsAntiphospholipid SyndromeBrainChildHumansIschemic Attack, TransientPlatelet Aggregation InhibitorsRisk FactorsStrokeThrombosisAntibodies, AntiphospholipidAnticoagulantsPlatelet Aggregation Inhibitors

Identifiers

PMID20353978
PMCPMC2980850
OpenAlexW2070296149

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