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ReviewExpert review of neurotherapeutics2010

Quantitative structural MRI for early detection of Alzheimer's disease.

Linda K McEvoy, James B Brewer

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Review in Expert review of neurotherapeutics, 2010. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 40 papers, 3 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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0cells of the map it votes in
40citing papers in PubMed, 3 pooled it
2.7field-weighted citation impact, top 11% 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

40 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 83 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

2 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Linda K McEvoyDepartment of Radiology, University of California, San Diego, 9500 Gilman Dr., La Jolla, CA 92093, USA. lkmcevoy@ucsd.edu
James B Brewer
University of California, San Diego · US

Funding

Multimodal MRI Studies of Brain Structure and Function in PDD and ADK02NS067427 · NINDS · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN DIEGO · PI BREWER, JAMES B · 2010 to 2014
$927k
Structure and Functional Imaging of Age-Related Changes in Working MemoryK01AG029218 · NIA · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN DIEGO · PI MCEVOY, LINDA KATHLEEN · 2007 to 2011
$558k
NIA NIH HHS K01 AG029218NIA NIH HHS K01AG029218NINDS NIH HHS K02 NS067427
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Alzheimer's disease (AD) is a common progressive neurodegenerative disorder that is not currently diagnosed until a patient reaches the stage of dementia. There is a pressing need to identify AD at an earlier stage, so that treatment, when available, can begin early. Quantitative structural MRI is sensitive to the neurodegeneration that occurs in mild and preclinical AD, and is predictive of decline to dementia in individuals with mild cognitive impairment. Objective evidence of ongoing brain atrophy will be critical for risk/benefit decisions once potentially aggressive, disease-modifying treatments become available. Recent advances have paved the way for the use of quantitative structural MRI in clinical practice, and initial clinical use has been promising. However, further experience with these measures in the relatively unselected patient populations seen in clinical practice is needed to complete translation of the recent enormous advances in scientific knowledge of AD into the clinical realm.

Indexed as

Alzheimer DiseaseBrainCognition DisordersDisease ProgressionEarly DiagnosisHumansMagnetic Resonance Imaging

Identifiers

PMID20977326
PMCPMC3182103
OpenAlexW2002277005

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