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ArticleBMJ case reports2015

Intravenous immunoglobulin for antibody-mediated keratolimbal allograft rejection.

Victoria Squissato, Jeffrey Schiff, Clara C Chan

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Article in BMJ case reports, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
3citing papers in PubMed
0.3field-weighted citation impact, top 35% 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

3 citing papers in PubMed, 5 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Review
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  3. Systemic Immunosuppression for Limbal Allograft and Allogenic Limbal Epithelial Cell Transplantation.Medical hypothesis, discovery & innovation ophthalmology journal · 2020
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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

3 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Victoria SquissatoMcMaster University, Hamilton, Canada.
Jeffrey SchiffDepartment of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada.
Clara C ChanDepartment of Ophthalmology, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada.
University of Toronto · CAMcMaster University · CA

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

A 33-year-old woman with congenital aniridia presented with decreased vision in her right eye. Slit lamp examination revealed diffuse conjunctivalisation of the ocular surface with mild subepithelial fibrosis consistent with aniridic keratopathy secondary to limbal stem cell deficiency. She underwent limbal stem cell transplantation with cadaver donor tissue (keratolimbal allograft (KLAL) surgery) and received systemic immunosuppression. Despite optimal combination immunosuppressive therapy managed by a renal transplant specialist, 2 weeks after the KLAL, the patient developed intractable eye pain, conjunctival injection, dilation of the KLAL graft blood vessels and limbal haemorrhages. There were no epithelial defects noted. Donor-specific antibody testing was positive, and intravenous immunoglobulin therapy was initiated. There was immediate symptomatic and objective improvement. Fifteen months postoperatively, the patient's vision was 20/400 with a stable corneal epithelium and no evidence of inflammation.

Indexed as

AllograftsAntibodiesAdultAniridiaCorneal DiseasesCorneal TransplantationEpithelial CellsEpithelium, CornealFemaleGraft RejectionHumansImmunoglobulins, IntravenousImmunosuppressive AgentsLimbus CorneaePostoperative ComplicationsStem CellsAntibodiesImmunoglobulins, IntravenousImmunosuppressive Agents

Identifiers

PMID26113596
PMCPMC4488636
OpenAlexW2290180720

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