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ReviewAnnals of neurology2014

Quantifying disease progression in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.

Neil G Simon, Martin R Turner, Steve Vucic, Ammar Al-Chalabi, Jeremy Shefner, Catherine Lomen-Hoerth, Matthew C Kiernan

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Review in Annals of neurology, 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 70 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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70citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
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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

70 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

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  8. Analysis of Mortality Causes and Locations in Veterans with ALS: A Decade Review.Medical science monitor : international medical journal of experimental and clinical research · 2024
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  17. Affection of Respiratory Muscles in ALS and SMA.Journal of clinical medicine · 2022
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10 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.

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

7 authors.

Neil G SimonDepartment of Neurology, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA; Prince of Wales Clinical School, University of New South Wales, Randwick, Australia; Neuroscience Research Australia, Barker St, Randwick, Australia.
Martin R Turner
Steve Vucic
Ammar Al-Chalabi
Jeremy Shefner
Catherine Lomen-Hoerth
Matthew C Kiernan

Funding

Medical Research Council MR/K000780/1Medical Research Council MR/K01014X/1Medical Research Council MR/L501529/1Motor Neurone Disease Association TURNER/JAN13/944-795
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) exhibits characteristic variability of onset and rate of disease progression, with inherent clinical heterogeneity making disease quantitation difficult. Recent advances in understanding pathogenic mechanisms linked to the development of ALS impose an increasing need to develop strategies to predict and more objectively measure disease progression. This review explores phenotypic and genetic determinants of disease progression in ALS, and examines established and evolving biomarkers that may contribute to robust measurement in longitudinal clinical studies. With targeted neuroprotective strategies on the horizon, developing efficiencies in clinical trial design may facilitate timely entry of novel treatments into the clinic.

Indexed as

Amyotrophic Lateral SclerosisBrainDisease ProgressionHumansMuscle, SkeletalSpinal Cord

Identifiers

PMID25223628
PMCPMC4305209

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