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ArticleAnnals of gastroenterology

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Emmanuel Gavalas, Jannis Kountouras, Marina Boziki, Christos Zavos, Stergios A Polyzos, Efthymia Vlachaki, Ioannis Venizelos, Dimitrios Tsiptsios, Georgia Deretzi

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Article in Annals of gastroenterology. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 15 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
15citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
4.7field-weighted citation impact, top 5% 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

15 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 42 citations in OpenAlex.

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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

9 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Emmanuel GavalasDepartment of Medicine, Second Medical Clinic, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Ippokration Hospital (Emmanuel Gavalas, Jannis Kountouras, Christos Zavos, Stergios A. Polyzos, Efthymia Vlachaki, Ioannis Venizelos), Thessaloniki, Greece.
Jannis KountourasDepartment of Medicine, Second Medical Clinic, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Ippokration Hospital (Emmanuel Gavalas, Jannis Kountouras, Christos Zavos, Stergios A. Polyzos, Efthymia Vlachaki, Ioannis Venizelos), Thessaloniki, Greece.
Marina BozikiB' Department of Neurology, AHEPA University Hospital, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (Marina Boziki), Thessaloniki, Greece.
Christos ZavosDepartment of Medicine, Second Medical Clinic, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Ippokration Hospital (Emmanuel Gavalas, Jannis Kountouras, Christos Zavos, Stergios A. Polyzos, Efthymia Vlachaki, Ioannis Venizelos), Thessaloniki, Greece.
Stergios A PolyzosDepartment of Medicine, Second Medical Clinic, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Ippokration Hospital (Emmanuel Gavalas, Jannis Kountouras, Christos Zavos, Stergios A. Polyzos, Efthymia Vlachaki, Ioannis Venizelos), Thessaloniki, Greece.
Efthymia VlachakiDepartment of Medicine, Second Medical Clinic, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Ippokration Hospital (Emmanuel Gavalas, Jannis Kountouras, Christos Zavos, Stergios A. Polyzos, Efthymia Vlachaki, Ioannis Venizelos), Thessaloniki, Greece.
Ioannis VenizelosDepartment of Medicine, Second Medical Clinic, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Ippokration Hospital (Emmanuel Gavalas, Jannis Kountouras, Christos Zavos, Stergios A. Polyzos, Efthymia Vlachaki, Ioannis Venizelos), Thessaloniki, Greece.
Dimitrios TsiptsiosDepartment of Neurology, "Papageorgiou" Hospital (Dimitrios Tsiptsios, Georgia Deretzi), Thessaloniki, Greece.
Georgia DeretziDepartment of Neurology, "Papageorgiou" Hospital (Dimitrios Tsiptsios, Georgia Deretzi), Thessaloniki, Greece.
Aristotle University of Thessaloniki · GRPapageorgiou General Hospital · GRAHEPA University Hospital · GR

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundRecent data indicate the presence of immunomodulating properties of

methodsThe aim of this prospective, comparative study was to validate the incidence of active

resultsThe overall prevalence of histologically confirmed active

conclusion

Indexed as

autoimmune disordersepidemiologyHelicobacter pylorimultiple sclerosisneurodegenerative disorders

Identifiers

PMID26126617
PMCPMC4480172
OpenAlexW2099780981

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