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ArticleTherapeutic advances in neurological disorders2011

Symptomatic therapy in multiple sclerosis.

Teresa C Frohman, Wanda Castro, Anjali Shah, Ardith Courtney, Jeffrey Ortstadt, Scott L Davis, Diana Logan, Thomas Abraham, Jaspreet Abraham, Gina Remington and 7 more

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Article in Therapeutic advances in neurological disorders, 2011. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 14 papers.

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14citing papers in PubMed
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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

14 citing papers in PubMed.

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  9. Therapeutic management of severe relapses in multiple sclerosis.Current treatment options in neurology · 2015
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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

17 authors.

Teresa C FrohmanDepartment of Neurology, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas, Dallas, TX, USA.
Wanda Castro
Anjali Shah
Ardith Courtney
Jeffrey Ortstadt
Scott L Davis
Diana Logan
Thomas Abraham
Jaspreet Abraham
Gina Remington
Katherine Treadaway
Donna Graves
John Hart
Olaf Stuve
Gary Lemack
Benjamin Greenberg
Elliot M Frohman

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Multiple sclerosis is the most common disabling neurological disease of young adults. The ability to impact the quality of life of patients with multiple sclerosis should not only incorporate therapies that are disease modifying, but should also include a course of action for the global multidisciplinary management focused on quality of life and functional capabilities.

Indexed as

fatiguemultiple sclerosisneurogenic bowel and bladderspasticitysymptomatic therapyvisual symptoms

Identifiers

PMID21694806
PMCPMC3105617

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