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ReviewOphthalmology and therapy2019

Ocular Manifestations of Granulomatosis with Polyangiitis: A Review of the Literature.

Evdokia Sfiniadaki, Ioanna Tsiara, Panagiotis Theodossiadis, Irini Chatziralli

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Review in Ophthalmology and therapy, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 43 papers.

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43citing papers in PubMed
9.1field-weighted citation impact, top 2% 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

43 citing papers in PubMed, 102 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

4 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Evdokia SfiniadakiMedical School, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece.
Ioanna TsiaraMedical School, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece.
Panagiotis Theodossiadis2nd Department of Ophthalmology, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece.
Irini Chatziralli2nd Department of Ophthalmology, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece. eirchat@yahoo.gr.
National and Kapodistrian University of Athens · GR

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Granulomatosis with polyangiitis (GPA) is a rare systemic autoimmune disease of unknown etiology that is characterized by granulomatous inflammation, tissue necrosis, and vasculitis in small- and medium-sized vessels. Ocular and orbital manifestations are common in almost half of patients with GPA, affecting every structure of the eye, from the eyelid and orbit to the retina, the choroid, and the optic nerve, with a wide range of severity. Since imaging findings are not always specific for the diagnosis of GPA, biopsy is useful to confirm the diagnosis. Regarding treatment, a localized pharmaceutical and surgical approach may be helpful to achieve remission, while immunosuppressive therapy, corticosteroids, and cyclosporine are also useful. In any case, multidisciplinary intervention is required to reduce the rates of relapse and morbidity in patients with GPA.

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Identifiers

PMID30875067
PMCPMC6513923
OpenAlexW2921459357

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