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ReviewGlobal spine journal2019

The Role of Vitamin B

Aria Nouri, Kishan Patel, Julio Montejo, Rani Nasser, David A Gimbel, Daniel M Sciubba, Joseph S Cheng

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Review in Global spine journal, 2019. 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
4.0field-weighted citation impact, top 6% of its field
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.

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, 31 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Review
  2. Lettuce fortification through vitamin BJournal of the science of food and agriculture · 2025
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  3. Nitrous oxide-induced myeloneuropathy: a case series.Journal of neurology, neurosurgery, and psychiatry · 2023
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  9. Subacute combined degeneration of the spinal cord with concomitant autoimmune disease: report of 2 cases.Brazilian journal of medical and biological research = Revista brasileira de pesquisas medicas e biologica · 2021
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  14. Risk Factors and Comorbidities Associated With Vitamin BJournal of primary care & community health
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Aria NouriDepartment of Neurosurgery, Yale University, New Haven, CT, USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4965-3059
Kishan PatelDepartment of Neurosurgery, Yale University, New Haven, CT, USA.
Julio MontejoDepartment of Neurosurgery, Yale University, New Haven, CT, USA.
Rani NasserDepartment of Neurosurgery, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH, USA.
David A GimbelDepartment of Neurosurgery, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH, USA.
Daniel M SciubbaDepartment of Neurosurgery, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, USA.
Joseph S ChengDepartment of Neurosurgery, Yale University, New Haven, CT, USA.
Yale University · USUniversity of Cincinnati · USJohns Hopkins University · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

STUDY

designNarrative review.

objectivesTo discuss the relationship between degenerative cervical myelopathy (DCM) and vitamin B

methodsLiterature review.

resultsDCM is the commonest cause of spinal cord impairment, with an average age of presentation in the sixth decade. Patients at this age have also been reported to have a high prevalence of vitamin B

conclusionsGiven the high prevalence of clinical and subclinical vitamin B

Indexed as

anemiacobalaminnitrous oxidenutritionspinal cordsubacute combined degeneration

Identifiers

PMID31192102
PMCPMC6542160
OpenAlexW2804449102

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