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ArticleNeurology2016

Journal Club: Depression before and after diagnosis with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.

Jacquelyn J Cragg, Ryan Seals, Neil Cashman, Marc G Weisskopf

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Article in Neurology, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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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

2 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors.

Jacquelyn J CraggFrom the Department of Medicine (Neurology) (J.J.C., N.C.), University of British Columbia and Vancouver Coastal Health Research Institute, Brain Research Centre, Vancouver, Canada; and Departments of Environmental Health (J.J.C., R.S., M.G.W.) and Epidemiology (M.G.W.), Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, MA. jacquelyn.cragg@icord.org.
Ryan SealsFrom the Department of Medicine (Neurology) (J.J.C., N.C.), University of British Columbia and Vancouver Coastal Health Research Institute, Brain Research Centre, Vancouver, Canada; and Departments of Environmental Health (J.J.C., R.S., M.G.W.) and Epidemiology (M.G.W.), Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, MA.
Neil CashmanFrom the Department of Medicine (Neurology) (J.J.C., N.C.), University of British Columbia and Vancouver Coastal Health Research Institute, Brain Research Centre, Vancouver, Canada; and Departments of Environmental Health (J.J.C., R.S., M.G.W.) and Epidemiology (M.G.W.), Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, MA.
Marc G WeisskopfFrom the Department of Medicine (Neurology) (J.J.C., N.C.), University of British Columbia and Vancouver Coastal Health Research Institute, Brain Research Centre, Vancouver, Canada; and Departments of Environmental Health (J.J.C., R.S., M.G.W.) and Epidemiology (M.G.W.), Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, MA.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

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Indexed as

Amyotrophic Lateral SclerosisDepressive DisorderDepressionHumansQuality of Life

Identifiers

PMID27872230
PMCPMC5123558

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