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ReviewFrontiers in neurology2019

Advances in the Potential Biomarkers of Epilepsy.

Dominik Kobylarek, Piotr Iwanowski, Zuzanna Lewandowska, Nattakarn Limphaibool, Sara Szafranek, Anita Labrzycka, Wojciech Kozubski

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Review in Frontiers in neurology, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 61 papers, 6 of them syntheses that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
61citing papers in PubMed, 6 pooled it
12.0field-weighted citation impact, top 1% 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

61 citing papers in PubMed, 6 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 141 citations in OpenAlex.

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  6. Atonic seizures in children: a meta-analysis comparing corpus callosotomy to vagus nerve stimulation.Child's nervous system : ChNS : official journal of the International Society for Pediatric Neurosurgery · 2021
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  8. Immune dysregulation and epileptogenesis.Neurological sciences : official journal of the Italian Neurological Society and of the Italian Society of Clinical Neurophysiology · 2026
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  10. Modern Analytical Techniques in Epilepsy Research.International journal of molecular sciences · 2026
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  17. Wnt/β-catenin Signaling in Central Nervous System Regeneration.Advances in experimental medicine and biology · 2025
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1 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.

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

7 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Dominik KobylarekDepartment of Neurology, Poznan University of Medical Sciences, Poznan, Poland.
Piotr IwanowskiDepartment of Neurology, Poznan University of Medical Sciences, Poznan, Poland.
Zuzanna LewandowskaDepartment of Neurology, Poznan University of Medical Sciences, Poznan, Poland.
Nattakarn LimphaiboolDepartment of Neurology, Poznan University of Medical Sciences, Poznan, Poland.
Sara SzafranekDepartment of Neurology, Poznan University of Medical Sciences, Poznan, Poland.
Anita LabrzyckaDepartment of Neurology, Poznan University of Medical Sciences, Poznan, Poland.
Wojciech KozubskiDepartment of Neurology, Poznan University of Medical Sciences, Poznan, Poland.
Poznan University of Medical Sciences · PL

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Epilepsy is a group of chronic neurological disorders characterized by recurrent, spontaneous, and unpredictable seizures. It is one of the most common neurological disorders, affecting tens of millions of people worldwide. Comprehensive studies on epilepsy in recent decades have revealed the complexity of epileptogenesis, in which immunological processes, epigenetic modifications, and structural changes in neuronal tissues have been identified as playing a crucial role. This review discusses the recent advances in the biomarkers of epilepsy. We evaluate the possible molecular background underlying the clinical changes observed in recent studies, focusing on therapeutic investigations, and the evidence of their safety and efficacy in the human population. This article reviews the pathophysiology of epilepsy, including recent reports on the effects of oxidative stress and hypoxia, and focuses on specific biomarkers and their clinical implications, along with further perspectives in epilepsy research.

Indexed as

biomarkersblood-brain barrier breakdownepilepsyepileptogenesisinflammationneurological disorders

Identifiers

PMID31312171
PMCPMC6614180
OpenAlexW2955039385

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