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ArticleFrontiers in psychiatry2018

Heart Rate Variability as Indicator of Clinical State in Depression.

Ralf Hartmann, Frank M Schmidt, Christian Sander, Ulrich Hegerl

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Article in Frontiers in psychiatry, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT07757815 (Multimodal Biomarkers and Robot-Guided Precision TMS for Early Detection and Treatment of Postpartum Depression), which is not on this map. Cited by 88 papers, 4 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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88citing papers in PubMed, 4 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

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.

NCT07757815 nanot yet recruitingnot on this mapstarted 2026, after this paper: background citation

Multimodal Biomarkers and Robot-Guided Precision TMS for Early Detection and Treatment of Postpartum Depression

TypeinterventionalSponsorUniversity of MacauRan2026 to 2031Enrolled290ConditionsDepression, PostpartumArmsRepetitive Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (rTMS)
3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

88 citing papers in PubMed, 4 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 231 citations in OpenAlex.

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28 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.

4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Ralf HartmannDepartment of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, University Hospital Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany.
Frank M SchmidtDepartment of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, University Hospital Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany.
Christian SanderDepartment of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, University Hospital Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany.
Ulrich HegerlDepartment of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, University Hospital Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany.
University Hospital Leipzig · DE

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

PubMed holds no abstract for this paper.

Indexed as

antidepressantsbiomarkerdepressiondiagnosticsheart rate variabilityresponse parameterstate markertrait marker

Identifiers

PMID30705641
PMCPMC6344433
OpenAlexW2910493201

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