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ArticleFrontiers in neurology2018

Weighing in on the Off-Label Use: Initial Experience of Neuroform EZ Stenting for Intracranial Arterial Stenosis in 45 Patients.

Zhihua Du, Jing Mang, Shengyuan Yu, Chenglin Tian, Xiangyu Cao, Xinfeng Liu, Renzheng Ma, Rongju Zhang, Bin Lv, Jun Wang

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Article in Frontiers in neurology, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 11 papers, 2 of them syntheses that 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

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

11 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

10 authors.

Zhihua DuDepartment of Neurology, Chinese PLA General Hospital, Beijing, China.
Jing MangDepartment of Neurology, China-Japan Union Hospital of Jilin University, Changchun, China.
Shengyuan YuDepartment of Neurology, Chinese PLA General Hospital, Beijing, China.
Chenglin TianDepartment of Neurology, Chinese PLA General Hospital, Beijing, China.
Xiangyu CaoDepartment of Neurology, Chinese PLA General Hospital, Beijing, China.
Xinfeng LiuDepartment of Neurology, Chinese PLA General Hospital, Beijing, China.
Renzheng MaDepartment of Neurology, Chinese PLA General Hospital, Beijing, China.
Rongju ZhangDepartment of Neurology, Chinese PLA General Hospital, Beijing, China.
Bin LvDepartment of Neurology, Chinese PLA General Hospital, Beijing, China.
Jun WangDepartment of Neurology, Chinese PLA General Hospital, Beijing, China.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

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efficacyendovascular treatmentintracranial arterial stenosisNeuroform EZstent

Identifiers

PMID30364175
PMCPMC6191497

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