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ArticleOncology letters2018

Expression of nerve growth factor and brain-derived neurotrophic factor in astrocytomas.

Ting-Ting Liu, Hao Wang, Feng Juan Wang, Yu Feng Xi, Li Hua Chen

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Article in Oncology letters, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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5citing papers in PubMed
0.1field-weighted citation impact, top 55% 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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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

5 citing papers in PubMed, 7 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

5 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Ting-Ting LiuDepartment of Internal Medicine, No. 4 West China Teaching Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan 610041, P.R. China.
Hao WangDepartment of Gastrointestinal Surgery, The First Affiliated Hospital of Chengdu Medical College, Chengdu Medical College, Chengdu, Sichuan 610041, P.R. China.
Feng Juan WangDepartment of Hematology and Research Laboratory of Hematology, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan 610041, P.R. China.
Yu Feng XiState Key Laboratory of Biotherapy and Cancer Center, West China Hospital, West China Medical School, Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan 610041, P.R. China.
Li Hua ChenDepartment of Hematology and Research Laboratory of Hematology, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan 610041, P.R. China.
Sichuan University · CNFirst Affiliated Hospital of Chengdu Medical College · CNWest China Hospital of Sichuan University · CN

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Neurotrophic factors (NTFs) are well known to serve critical functions in neural survival, neurite growth and cell differentiation

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astrocytomabrain-derived neurotrophic factornerve growth factor

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PMID29391888
PMCPMC5769415
OpenAlexW2766431632

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