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ReviewInternal medicine (Tokyo, Japan)2017

Longitudinally Extensive Transverse Myelitis and Optic Neuropathy Associated with Syphilitic Meningomyelitis and Human Immunodeficiency Virus Infection: A Case Report and Review of the Literature.

Rie Tohge, Yuya Shinoto, Makio Takahashi

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Review in Internal medicine (Tokyo, Japan), 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.

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0cells of the map it votes in
7citing papers in PubMed
0.9field-weighted citation impact, top 25% of its field
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

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

7 citing papers in PubMed, 15 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Rie TohgeDepartment of Neurology, Osaka Red Cross Hospital, Japan.
Yuya ShinotoDepartment of Neurology, Osaka Red Cross Hospital, Japan.
Makio TakahashiDepartment of Neurology, Osaka Red Cross Hospital, Japan.
Osaka Red Cross Hospital · JP

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The incidence of co-infection with Treponema pallidum and human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) is increasing in developing and developed countries. The neurological complications of both infections occasionally occur simultaneously during a clinical course. We herein report the case of an HIV carrier with syphilitic meningomyelitis and subclinical optic neuropathy. The patient presumably had latent syphilis and slowly developed longitudinally extensive transverse myelitis (LETM). A cerebrospinal fluid examination confirmed the diagnosis of active neurosyphilis based on an elevated T. pallidum hemagglutination assay index. A change in the patient's immune status, possibly due to HIV, might have converted the syphilis from latent to active, leading to LETM of the spinal cord.

Indexed as

CoinfectionHemagglutination TestsHIV InfectionsHumansMagnetic Resonance ImagingMaleMiddle AgedMyelitis, TransverseOptic NeuritisTabes DorsalisTreponema pallidumhuman immunodeficiency viruslongitudinally extensive transverse myelitisoptic neuropathysyphilitic meningomyelitisTPHA index

Identifiers

PMID28768983
PMCPMC5577089
OpenAlexW2740761502

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