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ReviewCurrent neurology and neuroscience reports2017

Multiple System Atrophy - State of the Art.

Brice Laurens, Sylvain Vergnet, Miguel Cuina Lopez, Alexandra Foubert-Samier, François Tison, Pierre-Olivier Fernagut, Wassilios G Meissner

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Review in Current neurology and neuroscience reports, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 14 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
14citing papers in PubMed
3.9field-weighted citation impact, top 6% 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

14 citing papers in PubMed, 34 citations in OpenAlex.

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  7. A case of multiple system atrophy.The Journal of international medical research · 2019
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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 4 institutions in 1 country.

Brice LaurensService de Neurologie, Hôpital Pellegrin, CHU de Bordeaux, 33000, Bordeaux, France.
Sylvain VergnetService de Neurologie, Hôpital Pellegrin, CHU de Bordeaux, 33000, Bordeaux, France.
Miguel Cuina LopezInstitut des Maladies Neurodégénératives, Univ. de Bordeaux, UMR 5293, 33000, Bordeaux, France.
Alexandra Foubert-SamierService de Neurologie, Hôpital Pellegrin, CHU de Bordeaux, 33000, Bordeaux, France.
François TisonService de Neurologie, Hôpital Pellegrin, CHU de Bordeaux, 33000, Bordeaux, France.
Pierre-Olivier FernagutInstitut des Maladies Neurodégénératives, Univ. de Bordeaux, UMR 5293, 33000, Bordeaux, France.
Wassilios G MeissnerService de Neurologie, Hôpital Pellegrin, CHU de Bordeaux, 33000, Bordeaux, France. wassilios.meissner@chu-bordeaux.fr.
Institut des Maladies Neurodégénératives · FRHôpital Pellegrin · FRCentre Hospitalier Universitaire de Bordeaux · FRCentre National de la Recherche Scientifique · FR

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Multiple system atrophy (MSA) is a rare and fatal neurodegenerative disorder that is characterized by a variable combination of parkinsonism, cerebellar impairment, and autonomic dysfunction. Some symptomatic treatments are available while neuroprotection or disease-modification remain unmet treatment needs. The pathologic hallmark is the accumulation of aggregated alpha-synuclein (α-syn) in oligodendrocytes forming glial cytoplasmic inclusions, which qualifies MSA as synucleinopathy together with Parkinson's disease and dementia with Lewy bodies. Despite progress in our understanding of the pathogenesis of MSA, the origin of α-syn aggregates in oligodendrocytes is still a matter of an ongoing debate. We critically review here studies published in the field over the past 5 years dealing with pathogenesis, genetics, clinical signs, biomarker for improving diagnostic accuracy, and treatment development.

Indexed as

Multiple System AtrophyHumansAlpha-synucleinAtypical parkinsonismMSAOligodendrocyte

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PMID28378233
OpenAlexW2604749272

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