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ArticleClinical case reports2017

Nélia Neves, André Silva-Pinto, Helena Rocha, Susana Silva, Edite Pereira, Antonio Sarmento, Lurdes Santos

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Article in Clinical case reports, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
2citing papers in PubMed
0.4field-weighted citation impact, top 42% 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

2 citing papers in PubMed, 3 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Infection-Triggered Antiphospholipid Syndrome: A Critical Overview.Open access rheumatology : research and reviews · 2025
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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 1 institution in 1 country.

Nélia NevesInfectious Diseases Department Centro Hospitalar São João Porto Portugal; Infectious Diseases Department Faculty of Medicine of University of Porto Porto Portugal.
André Silva-PintoInfectious Diseases Department Centro Hospitalar São João Porto Portugal; Infectious Diseases Department Faculty of Medicine of University of Porto Porto Portugal.ORCID 0000-0002-2077-3356
Helena RochaNeurology Department Centro Hospitalar São João Porto Portugal; Neurosciences and Mental Health Department Faculty of Medicine of University of Porto Porto Portugal.
Susana SilvaInfectious Diseases Department Centro Hospitalar São João Porto Portugal; Infectious Diseases Department Faculty of Medicine of University of Porto Porto Portugal.
Edite PereiraInternal Medicine Department Centro Hospitalar São João Porto Portugal.
Antonio SarmentoInfectious Diseases Department Centro Hospitalar São João Porto Portugal; Infectious Diseases Department Faculty of Medicine of University of Porto Porto Portugal; Institute of Health Innovation and Investigation (I3S) Nephrology and Infectious Diseases Group National Institute of Biomedical Engineering Porto Portugal.
Lurdes SantosInfectious Diseases Department Centro Hospitalar São João Porto Portugal; Infectious Diseases Department Faculty of Medicine of University of Porto Porto Portugal; Institute of Health Innovation and Investigation (I3S) Nephrology and Infectious Diseases Group National Institute of Biomedical Engineering Porto Portugal.
Universidade do Porto · PT

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The differential diagnosis of fever in a returned traveler is wide and challenging. We present a case of a patient working in Africa, who returned with fever, constitutional symptoms, headache, and blurred vision. An initial diagnosis of malaria was made, and additional workup revealed

Indexed as

Antiphospholipid syndromelyme diseasemalarianeuroborreliosisPlasmodium

Identifiers

PMID28396771
PMCPMC5378865
OpenAlexW2593200190

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Registered trials

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