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ArticleExperimental and therapeutic medicine2017

Lumbar spinal intradural neurocysticercosis: A case report.

Shizhong Zhang, Yanyan Hu, Zhen Li, Li Zhao, Zhigang Wang

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Article in Experimental and therapeutic medicine, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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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

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

4 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors.

Shizhong ZhangDepartment of Neurosurgery, Qilu Hospital of Qingdao Branch, Shandong University, Qingdao, Shandong 370203, P.R. China.
Yanyan HuColor Ultrasonic Room, Taian Central Hospital, Taian, Shandong 271000, P.R. China.
Zhen LiDepartment of Neurosurgery, Taian Central Hospital, Taian, Shandong 271000, P.R. China.
Li ZhaoColor Ultrasonic Room, Taian Central Hospital, Taian, Shandong 271000, P.R. China.
Zhigang WangDepartment of Neurosurgery, Qilu Hospital of Qingdao Branch, Shandong University, Qingdao, Shandong 370203, P.R. China.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Neurocysticercosis is a parasitic disease that results from the larvae of

Indexed as

cysticercosisintraduralneurocysticercosisTaenia solium

Identifiers

PMID28588685
PMCPMC5450794

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