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ArticleJournal of neurovirology2020

Long-segment transverse myelitis in an immunocompetent patient due to varicella zoster virus reactivation.

Tanvi Goyal, Muhammad Zaheer, Anirudh Goyal, Zubair Khan

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Article in Journal of neurovirology, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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0cells of the map it votes in
3citing papers in PubMed
0.6field-weighted citation impact, top 29% 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

3 citing papers in PubMed, 6 citations in OpenAlex.

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  3. Myelitis and Radiculitis Complicating Varicella-Zoster Virus Reactivation.Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical · 2020
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Tanvi GoyalDepartment of Internal Medicine, University of Toledo College of Medicine, 3000 Arlington Avenue, Toledo, OH, 43614, USA. tgoyal@rockets.utoledo.edu.ORCID 0000-0002-2514-628X
Muhammad ZaheerDepartment of Rheumatology, Immunology and Allergy, University of Oklahoma, 800 Stanton L. Young Blvd, Oklahoma City, OK, 73126-0901, USA.
Anirudh GoyalDepartment of Internal Medicine, Rutgers New Jersey Medical School, 185 South Orange Avenue, Newark, NJ, 07103, USA.
Zubair KhanDepartment of Internal Medicine, University of Toledo College of Medicine, 3000 Arlington Avenue, Toledo, OH, 43614, USA.
University of Toledo · USRutgers, The State University of New Jersey · USUniversity of Oklahoma · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Transverse myelitis is a segmental, full-thickness inflammation of the spinal cord with various etiologies including varicella zoster virus infection. Symptoms can manifest as sensory deficits, severe lower back pain radiating down the legs, bowel/bladder incontinence, and extremity weakness. This case report is unique in that it highlights a patient who developed long-segment transverse myelitis after a varicella zoster virus infection which has not been previously reported in the literature.

Indexed as

Herpesvirus 3, HumanHumansMaleMiddle AgedMyelitis, TransverseVaricella Zoster Virus InfectionVirus ActivationAcyclovirLong-segment transverse myelitisMononuclear pleocytosisT2 hyperintensityVaricella zoster virus (VZV)

Identifiers

PMID31376078
OpenAlexW2965879023

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