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ArticleNeural regeneration research2015

The neuroprotective effects of human growth hormone as a potential treatment for amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.

Jin-Young Chung, Jun-Sang Sunwoo, Min-Wook Kim, Manho Kim

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Article in Neural regeneration research, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
8citing papers in PubMed
0.5field-weighted citation impact, top 32% 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

8 citing papers in PubMed, 17 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

4 authors at 4 institutions in 1 country.

Jin-Young ChungDepartment of Veterinary Internal Medicine and Geriatrics, Kangwon National University, Gangwondo, South Korea.
Jun-Sang SunwooDepartment of Neurology, Seoul National University Hospital, Seoul, South Korea.
Min-Wook KimDepartment of Rehabilitation Medicine, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea, Seoul, South Korea ; Institute of Catholic Integrative Medicine (ICIM), Incheon St. Mary's Hospital, Incheon, South Korea.
Manho KimDepartment of Neurology, Seoul National University Hospital, Seoul, South Korea ; Protein Metabolism Medical Research Center, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, South Korea.
Catholic University of Korea · KRKangwon National University · KRSeoul National University Hospital · KRThe Catholic University of Korea Incheon St. Mary's Hospital · KR

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

PubMed holds no abstract for this paper.

Identifiers

PMID26487835
PMCPMC4590220
OpenAlexW2123943269

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