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ArticleFrontiers in pharmacology2017

Pharmacological Analysis of the Anti-epileptic Mechanisms of Fenfluramine in

Jo Sourbron, Ilse Smolders, Peter de Witte, Lieven Lagae

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Article in Frontiers in pharmacology, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 64 papers, 3 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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64citing papers in PubMed, 3 pooled it
5.4field-weighted citation impact, top 3% 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

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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

64 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 132 citations in OpenAlex.

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  17. Nontraditional Antiseizure Medications to Consider When Traditional Options Have Failed: Medications for Refractory Seizures and Epilepsies.The journal of pediatric pharmacology and therapeutics : JPPT : the official journal of PPAG · 2025
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  20. Sigma 1 Receptor and Its Pivotal Role in Neurological Disorders.ACS pharmacology & translational science · 2025
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Jo SourbronLaboratory for Molecular Biodiscovery, Department of Pharmaceutical and Pharmacological Sciences, KU LeuvenLeuven, Belgium.
Ilse SmoldersResearch group Experimental Pharmacology.
Peter de WitteLaboratory for Molecular Biodiscovery, Department of Pharmaceutical and Pharmacological Sciences, KU LeuvenLeuven, Belgium.
Lieven LagaeDepartment of Development and Regeneration, Section Pediatric Neurology, University Hospital KU LeuvenLeuven, Belgium.
KU Leuven · BE

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Dravet syndrome (DS) is a genetic encephalopathy that is characterized by severe seizures and prominent co-morbidities (e.g., physical, intellectual disabilities). More than 85% of the DS patients carry an

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Dravet syndromeepilepsyGABAglutamatemonoaminespharmacological modulationsigmaZebrafish

Identifiers

PMID28428755
PMCPMC5382218
OpenAlexW2604155526

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