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Trial reportContrast media & molecular imaging2018

Comparing the Differential Diagnostic Values of

Xiaoqing Du, Yu Zhang, Liping Chen, Baoming Mi, Qingjun You, Yuping Xu, Donghui Pan, Weixing Wan, Min Yang, Chunjing Yu

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Trial report in Contrast media & molecular imaging, 2018. 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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7citing papers in PubMed
0.5field-weighted citation impact, top 34% 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

7 citing papers in PubMed, 14 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

10 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Xiaoqing DuDepartment of Nuclear Medicine, Affiliated Hospital of Jiangnan University (Wuxi No. 4 People's Hospital), Wuxi, China.
Yu ZhangDepartment of Nuclear Medicine, Affiliated Hospital of Jiangnan University (Wuxi No. 4 People's Hospital), Wuxi, China.
Liping ChenDepartment of Nuclear Medicine, Affiliated Hospital of Jiangnan University (Wuxi No. 4 People's Hospital), Wuxi, China.
Baoming MiDepartment of Nuclear Medicine, Affiliated Hospital of Jiangnan University (Wuxi No. 4 People's Hospital), Wuxi, China.
Qingjun YouDepartment of Nuclear Medicine, Affiliated Hospital of Jiangnan University (Wuxi No. 4 People's Hospital), Wuxi, China.
Yuping XuKey Laboratory of Nuclear Medicine, Ministry of Health, Jiangsu Institute of Nuclear Medicine, Wuxi, China.
Donghui PanKey Laboratory of Nuclear Medicine, Ministry of Health, Jiangsu Institute of Nuclear Medicine, Wuxi, China.
Weixing WanDepartment of Nuclear Medicine, Affiliated Hospital of Jiangnan University (Wuxi No. 4 People's Hospital), Wuxi, China.
Min YangKey Laboratory of Nuclear Medicine, Ministry of Health, Jiangsu Institute of Nuclear Medicine, Wuxi, China.
Chunjing YuDepartment of Nuclear Medicine, Affiliated Hospital of Jiangnan University (Wuxi No. 4 People's Hospital), Wuxi, China.ORCID 0000-0002-9752-8551
Wuxi Fourth People's Hospital · CN

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Purpose: To compare the differential diagnostic values of Methods: Nine inflammation patients (4 tuberculosis, 3 sarcoidosis, and 2 common inflammation) and 11 lung cancer patients were included in this study. All patients underwent Results: The active tuberculosis lesions showed a high accumulation of Conclusions: The expression of

Indexed as

Positron-Emission TomographyPositron Emission Tomography Computed TomographyAdultAgedDiagnosis, DifferentialFemaleHumansLung NeoplasmsMaleMiddle AgedPeptides, CyclicSarcoidosis, PulmonaryTuberculosis, Pulmonaryalfatide IIPeptides, Cyclic

Identifiers

PMID29670497
PMCPMC5836463
OpenAlexW2794132149

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