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ArticleEndoscopy international open2019

Comparison of tissue and molecular yield between fine-needle biopsy (FNB) and fine-needle aspiration (FNA): a randomized study.

Ravishankar Asokkumar, Chin Yung Ka, Tracy Loh, Lim Kah Ling, Tan Gek San, Hao Ying, Damien Tan, Christopher Khor, Tony Lim, Roy Soetikno

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Article in Endoscopy international open, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 49 papers.

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49citing papers in PubMed
6.1field-weighted citation impact, top 3% 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

49 citing papers in PubMed, 90 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

10 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Ravishankar AsokkumarDepartment of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Singapore General Hospital, Singapore.
Chin Yung KaDepartment of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Singapore General Hospital, Singapore.
Tracy LohDepartment of Anatomical Pathology, Singapore General Hospital, Singapore.
Lim Kah LingDepartment of Molecular Pathology, Translational Pathology Center, Singapore General Hospital, Singapore.
Tan Gek SanDepartment of Anatomical Pathology, Singapore General Hospital, Singapore.
Hao YingHealth Service Research Unit, Singapore General Hospital, Singapore.
Damien TanDepartment of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Singapore General Hospital, Singapore.
Christopher KhorDepartment of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Singapore General Hospital, Singapore.
Tony LimDepartment of Anatomical Pathology, Singapore General Hospital, Singapore.
Roy SoetiknoDepartment of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Singapore General Hospital, Singapore.
Singapore General Hospital · SG

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

PubMed holds no abstract for this paper.

Identifiers

PMID31367675
PMCPMC6656554
OpenAlexW2964025821

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