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ArticleEuropean journal of nuclear medicine and molecular imaging2018

TSPO PET with [

Marcus Unterrainer, C Mahler, L Vomacka, S Lindner, J Havla, M Brendel, G Böning, B Ertl-Wagner, T Kümpfel, V M Milenkovic and 4 more

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Article in European journal of nuclear medicine and molecular imaging, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 53 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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53citing papers in PubMed, 1 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

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

53 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 75 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

14 authors at 4 institutions in 1 country.

Marcus UnterrainerDepartment of Nuclear Medicine, University Hospital, Ludwig-Maximilians University Munich, Marchioninistr. 15, 81377, Munich, Germany.
C MahlerInstitute of Clinical Neuroimmunology, University Hospital, LMU Munich, Munich, Germany.
L VomackaDepartment of Nuclear Medicine, University Hospital, Ludwig-Maximilians University Munich, Marchioninistr. 15, 81377, Munich, Germany.
S LindnerDepartment of Nuclear Medicine, University Hospital, Ludwig-Maximilians University Munich, Marchioninistr. 15, 81377, Munich, Germany.
J HavlaInstitute of Clinical Neuroimmunology, University Hospital, LMU Munich, Munich, Germany.
M BrendelDepartment of Nuclear Medicine, University Hospital, Ludwig-Maximilians University Munich, Marchioninistr. 15, 81377, Munich, Germany.
G BöningDepartment of Nuclear Medicine, University Hospital, Ludwig-Maximilians University Munich, Marchioninistr. 15, 81377, Munich, Germany.
B Ertl-WagnerInstitute of Clinical Radiology, University Hospital, LMU Munich, Munich, Germany.
T KümpfelInstitute of Clinical Neuroimmunology, University Hospital, LMU Munich, Munich, Germany.
V M MilenkovicDepartment of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, University of Regensburg, Regensburg, Germany.
R RupprechtDepartment of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, University of Regensburg, Regensburg, Germany.
M KerschensteinerInstitute of Clinical Neuroimmunology, University Hospital, LMU Munich, Munich, Germany.
P BartensteinDepartment of Nuclear Medicine, University Hospital, Ludwig-Maximilians University Munich, Marchioninistr. 15, 81377, Munich, Germany.
Nathalie L AlbertDepartment of Nuclear Medicine, University Hospital, Ludwig-Maximilians University Munich, Marchioninistr. 15, 81377, Munich, Germany. nathalie.albert@med.uni-muenchen.de.
Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München · DELMU Klinikum · DEUniversity of Regensburg · DEMunich Cluster for Systems Neurology · DE

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

purposeExpression of the translocator protein (TSPO) is upregulated in activated macrophages/microglia and is considered to be a marker of neuroinflammation. We investigated the novel TSPO ligand [

methodsNineteen RRMS patients were prospectively included in this study. All patients underwent TSPO genotyping and were classified as high-affinity, medium-affinity or low-affinity binders (HAB/MAB/LAB). PET scans were performed after administration of 189 ± 12 MBq [

resultsFocal lesions were identified as hot spots by visual inspection. Such lesions were detected in 17 of the 19 patients and overall 89 [

conclusion[

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