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ArticleBMJ open2017

Cosme Alvarado-Esquivel, Edna Madai Méndez-Hernández, José Manuel Salas-Pacheco, Luis Ángel Ruano-Calderón, Jesús Hernández-Tinoco, Oscar Arias-Carrión, Luis Francisco Sánchez-Anguiano, Francisco Xavier Castellanos-Juárez, Ada Agustina Sandoval-Carrillo, Oliver Liesenfeld and 1 more

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Article in BMJ open, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 13 papers, 3 of them syntheses that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
13citing papers in PubMed, 3 pooled it
1.4field-weighted citation impact, top 23% 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

13 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 19 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

11 authors at 6 institutions in 4 countries.

Cosme Alvarado-EsquivelFaculty of Medicine and Nutrition, Biomedical Research Laboratory, Juárez University of Durango State, Durango, Mexico.
Edna Madai Méndez-HernándezInstitute for Scientific Research "Dr. Roberto Rivera-Damm", Juárez University of Durango State, Durango, Mexico.
José Manuel Salas-PachecoInstitute for Scientific Research "Dr. Roberto Rivera-Damm", Juárez University of Durango State, Durango, Mexico.
Luis Ángel Ruano-CalderónGeneral Hospital "450", Secretary of Health, Durango, Mexico.
Jesús Hernández-TinocoInstitute for Scientific Research "Dr. Roberto Rivera-Damm", Juárez University of Durango State, Durango, Mexico.
Oscar Arias-CarriónUnidad de Trastornos del Movimiento y Sueño, Hospital General Dr Manuel Gea González, Ciudad de México, México, Mexico.
Luis Francisco Sánchez-AnguianoInstitute for Scientific Research "Dr. Roberto Rivera-Damm", Juárez University of Durango State, Durango, Mexico.
Francisco Xavier Castellanos-JuárezInstitute for Scientific Research "Dr. Roberto Rivera-Damm", Juárez University of Durango State, Durango, Mexico.
Ada Agustina Sandoval-CarrilloInstitute for Scientific Research "Dr. Roberto Rivera-Damm", Juárez University of Durango State, Durango, Mexico.
Oliver LiesenfeldInstitute for Microbiology and Hygiene, Campus Benjamin Franklin, Charité Medical School, Hindenburgdamm 27, Berlin, Germany.
Agar Ramos-NevárezHospital Santiago Ramón y Cajal, Instituto de Seguridad y Servicios Sociales de los Trabajadores del Estado, Durango, Mexico.
Universidad Juárez del Estado de Durango · MXAutonomous University of Durango · MXCharité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin · DEHospital General de México · MXHospital General Dr. Manuel Gea Gonzalez · MXInstitute for Social Security and Services for State Workers · MX

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

objectivesTo determine the association between

designCase-control study.

settingCases and controls were enrolled in Durango City, Mexico.

participants65 patients with Parkinson's disease and 195 age- and gender-matched control subjects without Parkinson's disease. PRIMARY AND SECONDARY OUTCOME MEASURES: Serum samples of participants were analysed for anti-

resultsAnti-

conclusionsThe results do not support an association between

Indexed as

AdultAgedAged, 80 and overAge of OnsetAntibodies, ProtozoanAntiparkinson AgentsBenzothiazolesCase-Control StudiesDepressionDNA, ProtozoanFemaleHumansImmunoglobulin GImmunoglobulin MMaleMexicoAntibodies, ProtozoanAntiparkinson AgentsBenzothiazolesDNA, ProtozoanImmunoglobulin GImmunoglobulin MPramipexolecase-control studyinfectionParkinson’s diseaseseroprevalenceToxoplasma gondii

Identifiers

PMID28193849
PMCPMC5318570
OpenAlexW2589052961

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