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ArticleAJNR. American journal of neuroradiology2018

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X Chen, Q Zhou, F Wang, F Zhang, H Du, Q Zhang, W Wu, X Gong

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Article in AJNR. American journal of neuroradiology, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 14 papers.

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14citing papers in PubMed
0.7field-weighted citation impact, top 27% 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

14 citing papers in PubMed, 18 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

8 authors at 4 institutions in 2 countries.

X ChenFrom the Departments of Endocrinology and Metabolism (X.C., Q. Zhou, W.W., X.G.).ORCID 0000-0002-0021-7483
Q ZhouFrom the Departments of Endocrinology and Metabolism (X.C., Q. Zhou, W.W., X.G.).ORCID 0000-0001-5653-160X
F WangPathology (F.W., Q. Zhang).ORCID 0000-0003-4829-2164
F ZhangDepartment of Medicine (F.Z.), School of Renji College, Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou, China.ORCID 0000-0003-4806-1972
H DuUltrasound (H.D.), The First Affiliated Hospital of Wenzhou Medical University, Zhejiang Province, China.ORCID 0000-0002-7000-0845
Q ZhangPathology (F.W., Q. Zhang).ORCID 0000-0003-3337-3842
W WuFrom the Departments of Endocrinology and Metabolism (X.C., Q. Zhou, W.W., X.G.).ORCID 0000-0002-6502-4893
X GongFrom the Departments of Endocrinology and Metabolism (X.C., Q. Zhou, W.W., X.G.) gxh1204@163.com.ORCID 0000-0002-9376-0126
World Wide Web Consortium · USIHI Corporation (United States) · USWenzhou Medical University · CNGTx (United States) · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

background and purposeLimitations of ultrasound-guided fine-needle aspiration include nondiagnostic, indeterminate cytology and false-negative results. The MATERIALS AND

methodsA total of 787 high-risk nodules in 720 patients underwent ultrasound-fine-needle aspiration. A subsequent

resultsAmong the 787 nodules, 292 thyroid nodules had benign cytology results with 256 nodules negative for the

conclusionsThe

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AdolescentAdultAgedAged, 80 and overBiopsy, Fine-NeedleDNA Mutational AnalysisFemaleHumansMaleMiddle AgedMutationProto-Oncogene Proteins B-rafThyroid Cancer, PapillaryThyroid NoduleYoung AdultBRAF protein, humanProto-Oncogene Proteins B-raf

Identifiers

PMID30498021
PMCPMC7655409
OpenAlexW2902514062

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