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ArticleNeurology2014

Mystery case: tanycytic ependymoma of the conus medullaris: a rare cause of low back pain.

Julio C Furlan, Michael Herman Chui, Sydney E Croul, Paul Kongkham

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Article in Neurology, 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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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

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

1 citing paper in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors.

Julio C FurlanFrom the Department of Medicine, Division of Neurology (J.C.F.), the Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathobiology (M.H.C., S.E.C.), and the Department of Surgery, Division of Neurosurgery (P.K.), University of Toronto; the Department of Genetics and Development (J.C.F.), Toronto Western Research Institute; the Lyndhurst Centre (J.C.F.), Toronto Rehabilitation Institute; and the Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathobiology, Division of Neuropathology (S.E.C.), Toronto General Hospital, University Health Network, Canada. jcfurlan@gmail.com.
Michael Herman ChuiFrom the Department of Medicine, Division of Neurology (J.C.F.), the Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathobiology (M.H.C., S.E.C.), and the Department of Surgery, Division of Neurosurgery (P.K.), University of Toronto; the Department of Genetics and Development (J.C.F.), Toronto Western Research Institute; the Lyndhurst Centre (J.C.F.), Toronto Rehabilitation Institute; and the Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathobiology, Division of Neuropathology (S.E.C.), Toronto General Hospital, University Health Network, Canada.
Sydney E CroulFrom the Department of Medicine, Division of Neurology (J.C.F.), the Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathobiology (M.H.C., S.E.C.), and the Department of Surgery, Division of Neurosurgery (P.K.), University of Toronto; the Department of Genetics and Development (J.C.F.), Toronto Western Research Institute; the Lyndhurst Centre (J.C.F.), Toronto Rehabilitation Institute; and the Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathobiology, Division of Neuropathology (S.E.C.), Toronto General Hospital, University Health Network, Canada.
Paul KongkhamFrom the Department of Medicine, Division of Neurology (J.C.F.), the Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathobiology (M.H.C., S.E.C.), and the Department of Surgery, Division of Neurosurgery (P.K.), University of Toronto; the Department of Genetics and Development (J.C.F.), Toronto Western Research Institute; the Lyndhurst Centre (J.C.F.), Toronto Rehabilitation Institute; and the Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathobiology, Division of Neuropathology (S.E.C.), Toronto General Hospital, University Health Network, Canada.

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

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PMID24960834

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