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ArticleIranian journal of parasitology

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Ayman Nabil Ibrahim, Ayman Mohamed Al-Ashkar, John Talaat Nazeer

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Article in Iranian journal of parasitology. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
6citing papers in PubMed
1.6field-weighted citation impact, top 21% 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, 14 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. The Role ofPathogens (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025
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  2. Blastocystis hominis; Friend or Foe.Integrative medicine (Encinitas, Calif.) · 2024
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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

3 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Ayman Nabil IbrahimDept. of Medical Parasitology, Faculty of Medicine, Ain-Shams University, Cairo, Egypt.
Ayman Mohamed Al-AshkarDept. of Medical Parasitology, Faculty of Medicine, Ain-Shams University, Cairo, Egypt.
John Talaat NazeerDept. of Medical Parasitology, Faculty of Medicine, Ain-Shams University, Cairo, Egypt.
Ain Shams University · EG

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundIrritable bowel syndrome (IBS) is a functional gastrointestinal disease with high population prevalence.

methodsOverall, 310 stool samples (160 from IBS patients and 150 from controls) were obtained from Tropical Medicine Outpatient Clinic, Faculty of Medicine, Ain Shams University, Cairo, Egypt between Mar 2015 and Feb 2016. All the stool specimens underwent direct examination and Trichrome staining. Each sample was cultivated on Jones and Robinson's media.

resultsOverall, 42 cases (28%) showed

conclusionThere may be a possible relationship between the presentation of irritable bowel syndrome and

Indexed as

Blastocystis hominisDientamoeba fragilisIrritable bowel syndrome

Identifiers

PMID29963091
PMCPMC6019581
OpenAlexW2789849965

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