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ArticleClinical case reports2015

Thalidomide for tocilizumab-resistant ascites with TAFRO syndrome.

Shotaro Tatekawa, Koji Umemura, Ryuichi Fukuyama, Akio Kohno, Masafumi Taniwaki, Junya Kuroda, Yoshihisa Morishita

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Article in Clinical case reports, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 18 papers.

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18citing papers in PubMed
3.0field-weighted citation impact, top 7% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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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

18 citing papers in PubMed, 37 citations in OpenAlex.

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  3. International definition of iMCD-TAFRO: future perspectives.Journal of clinical and experimental hematopathology : JCEH · 2022
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  4. Borderline Case of TAFRO Syndrome and POEMS Syndrome.Internal medicine (Tokyo, Japan) · 2021
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  13. TAFRO syndrome: current perspectives.Journal of blood medicine · 2018
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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

7 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Shotaro TatekawaDivision of Hematology and Oncology, Department of Medicine, Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine Kyoto, Japan ; Division of Hematology and Oncology, JA Aichi Konan Kosei Hospital Aichi, Japan.
Koji UmemuraDivision of Hematology and Oncology, JA Aichi Konan Kosei Hospital Aichi, Japan.
Ryuichi FukuyamaDepartment of Diagnostic Pathology, JA Aichi Konan Kosei Hospital Aichi, Japan.
Akio KohnoDivision of Hematology and Oncology, JA Aichi Konan Kosei Hospital Aichi, Japan.
Masafumi TaniwakiDivision of Hematology and Oncology, Department of Medicine, Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine Kyoto, Japan.
Junya KurodaDivision of Hematology and Oncology, Department of Medicine, Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine Kyoto, Japan.
Yoshihisa MorishitaDivision of Hematology and Oncology, JA Aichi Konan Kosei Hospital Aichi, Japan.
Konan Kosei Hospital · JPKyoto Prefectural University of Medicine · JP

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

TAFRO syndrome have been proposed as a rare variant of Castleman's disease. This article reports a case of a 56-year-old man with TAFRO syndrome who was successfully treated with thalidomide in spite of the refractoriness to prednisolone and tocilizumab. Thalidomide may be one of the treatment options for TAFRO syndrome.

Indexed as

Castleman's diseaseInterleukin-6TAFRO syndromethalidomidetocilizumabvascular endothelial growth factor

Identifiers

PMID26185651
PMCPMC4498865
OpenAlexW2119458880

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