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ReviewCureus2019

Updated Treatment for Calcium Pyrophosphate Deposition Disease: An Insight.

Shumaila M Iqbal, Sana Qadir, Hafiz M Aslam, Madiha A Qadir

Open access · diamondAbstract readReview
In one paragraph

Review in Cureus, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 17 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
17citing papers in PubMed
2.2field-weighted citation impact, top 13% 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

17 citing papers in PubMed, 34 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 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Shumaila M IqbalInternal Medicine, University at Buffalo / Sisters of Charity Hospital, Buffalo, USA.
Sana QadirInternal Medicine, S & A Pediatrics, Parsippany, USA.
Hafiz M AslamInternal Medicine, Seton Hall University / Hackensack Meridian School of Medicine, Trenton, USA.
Madiha A QadirInternal Medicine, Jinnah Sindh Medical University, Karachi, PAK.
Sisters of Charity Hospital · USDoctors Company (United States) · USReckitt Benckiser (United States) · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Calcium pyrophosphate disease (CPPD) is caused by the deposition of calcium pyrophosphate (CPP) crystals in the joint tissues, particularly fibrocartilage and hyaline cartilage. CPP crystals trigger inflammation, causing local articular tissue damage. Our review article below covers different aspects of CPPD. It discusses how CPPD can manifest as different kinds of arthritis, which may be symptomatic or asymptomatic. The metabolic and endocrine disease associations and routine investigations used in the diagnostic workup are briefly reviewed. Conventional and newer therapies for the treatment of CPPD are outlined. Overall, this extensive review would provide an updated insight to clinicians for evidence-based treatment of CPPD.

Indexed as

arthritiscalcium pyrophosphate crystalcalcium pyrophosphate deposition diseasecolchicineimmunomodulantsnsaid

Identifiers

PMID30891381
PMCPMC6411330
OpenAlexW2910072385

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