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ReviewCurrent pain and headache reports2011

Sarcoidosis and small-fiber neuropathy.

Jinny Tavee, Daniel Culver

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Review in Current pain and headache reports, 2011. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 29 papers.

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29citing papers in PubMed
3.8field-weighted citation impact, top 7% of its field
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

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

29 citing papers in PubMed, 80 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Trial
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  3. Quality of Life in Sarcoidosis.Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026
    Review
  4. Article
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  6. Use of fatigue assessment scale and small fiber neuropathy screening list in Japanese patients with sarcoidosis.Sarcoidosis, vasculitis, and diffuse lung diseases : official journal of WASOG · 2025
    Article
  7. Sarcoidosis-related small fiber neuropathy: Focus on fatigue, pain, restless legs syndrome, and cognitive function.Sarcoidosis, vasculitis, and diffuse lung diseases : official journal of WASOG · 2025
    Article
  8. Article
  9. The Symptoms of Pulmonary Sarcoidosis.Journal of clinical medicine · 2023
    Review
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  12. State-of-the-Art Treatments for Sarcoidosis.Methodist DeBakey cardiovascular journal · 2022
    Review
  13. Review
  14. Clinical Presentation and Treatment of High-Risk Sarcoidosis.Annals of the American Thoracic Society · 2021
    Review
  15. Current View of Diagnosing Small Fiber Neuropathy.Journal of neuromuscular diseases · 2021
    Review
  16. Review
  17. Everyday cognitive failure in patients suffering from neurosarcoidosis.Sarcoidosis, vasculitis, and diffuse lung diseases : official journal of WASOG · 2019
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  18. Review
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Jinny TaveeCleveland Clinic Foundation, Neuromuscular Center, 9500 Euclid Avenue, S90, Cleveland, OH 44195, USA. taveej2@ccf.org
Daniel Culver
Cleveland Clinic · USCleveland Foundation · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Chronic pain is one of the most commonly reported symptoms among sarcoidosis patients. Not only does it significantly affect quality of life, but it also is a source of frustration for both the patient and physician because the etiology for pain often is unknown. Although patients typically complain of neuropathic-type pain, nerve conduction studies and other conventional diagnostic procedures frequently fail to reveal objective evidence of neurologic disease. However, in recent years, the growing use of specialized tests such as skin biopsy and sudomotor testing has helped to establish the diagnosis of small-fiber neuropathy as the cause of pain in these patients via objective and quantifiable means. Management of sarcoidosis small-fiber neuropathy should consist of target-directed treatment of the underlying disease and appropriate symptomatic therapy.

Indexed as

Nerve FibersAnimalsHumansNeuralgiaPeripheral Nervous System DiseasesPolyneuropathiesSarcoidosis

Identifiers

PMID21298560
OpenAlexW2002562451

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