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ReviewIndian journal of pediatrics2019

Pediatric Neurocysticercosis.

Pratibha Singhi, Arushi Gahlot Saini

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Review in Indian journal of pediatrics, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

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0cells of the map it votes in
6citing papers in PubMed
0.9field-weighted citation impact, top 24% 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

6 citing papers in PubMed, 26 citations in OpenAlex.

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  6. Cortical Blindness Due to Neurocysticercosis in an Adolescent Patient.Tropical medicine and infectious disease · 2022
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Pratibha SinghiPediatric Neurology and Neurodevelopment Unit, Medanta, The Medicity, Gurgaon, Haryana, India. doctorpratibhasinghi@gmail.com.
Arushi Gahlot SainiPediatric Neurology and Neurodevelopment Unit, Department of Pediatrics, Advanced Pediatrics Centre, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, India.
Medanta The Medicity · INPost Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research · IN

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Neurocysticercosis is the most common helminth infection of nervous system in humans caused by the encysted larvae of Taenia solium. It is a major cause of epilepsy in tropical areas and the most common cause of focal-onset seizures in North Indian children. Children with neurocysticercosis have pleomorphic manifestations depending on the location, number and viability of the cysts and host response. In endemic areas, neurocysticercosis should be clinically suspected in any child with recent-onset seizures, headache or focal motor deficits where there is no other suggestion of an underlying neurological disorder. Diagnosis of neurocysticercosis is essentially based on neuroimaging; visualization of a scolex is diagnostic. Management includes use of cysticidal drugs usually albendazole, which seems to be effective for lesion resolution and seizure remission, use of steroids and anti-epileptic drugs. Single lesions portend good prognosis with resolution of lesions in >60% of the cases within 6 mo and good seizure control. Prognosis is guarded in cysticercus encephalitis, racemose and extraparenchymal neurocysticercosis.

Indexed as

AnimalsAnthelminticsAntibodies, ProtozoanAnticonvulsantsAntigens, ProtozoanChildGlucocorticoidsHumansLife Cycle StagesNeurocysticercosisNeuroimagingPrognosisSeizuresTaeniaAnthelminticsAntibodies, ProtozoanAnticonvulsantsAntigens, ProtozoanGlucocorticoidsNeurocysticercosisRing-enhancing lesionTaenia soliumTape-wormTropical disease

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PMID28929415
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