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ArticleOpen access Macedonian journal of medical sciences2018

Jimmy Barus, Ismail Setyopranoto, Ahmad Hamim Sadewa, Samekto Wibowo

Open access · diamondAbstract read
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Article in Open access Macedonian journal of medical sciences, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
2citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
–field-weighted citation impact, top 89% 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

2 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 4 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Pooled it
  2. Polymorphisms inBiomedicines · 2025
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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

4 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Jimmy BarusDepartment of Neurology, School of Medicine and Health Sciences, Universitas Katolik Indonesia Atma Jaya, Jakarta, Indonesia.
Ismail SetyopranotoDepartment of Neurology, Faculty of Medicine, Public Health, and Nursing, Universitas Gadjah Mada, Yogyakarta, Indonesia.
Ahmad Hamim SadewaDepartment of Biochemistry, Faculty of Medicine, Public Health, and Nursing, Universitas Gadjah Mada, Yogyakarta, Indonesia.
Samekto WibowoDepartment of Neurology, Faculty of Medicine, Public Health, and Nursing, Universitas Gadjah Mada, Yogyakarta, Indonesia.
Universitas Gadjah Mada · IDAtma Jaya Catholic University of Indonesia · ID

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

aimThis study aimed to confirm the role of f MATERIAL AND

methodsThis was a cross-sectional study involving 152 subjects. Clinical symptoms and signs of DPN were examined using DNE and DNS scoring followed by nerve conduction study. All subjects underwent anthropometric, clinical examination and laboratory procedures to obtain body mass index, HbA1C level, lipid profile, Polymorphism of

resultsSixty-nine (45.4%) fulfilled the diagnostic criteria of DPN. There was a significant association between

conclusionIt appeared that

Indexed as

Diabetic polyneuropathyVEGF +936 C/T polymorphismVEGF-A level

Identifiers

PMID30455749
PMCPMC6236046
OpenAlexW2898001838

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Registered trials

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