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ArticleLymphatic research and biology2019

Lipedema and Dercum's Disease: A New Application of Bioimpedance.

Rachelle Crescenzi, Paula M C Donahue, Sandra Weakley, Maria Garza, Manus J Donahue, Karen L Herbst

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Article in Lymphatic research and biology, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 21 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
21citing papers in PubMed, 2 pooled it
1.4field-weighted citation impact, top 16% 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

21 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 62 citations in OpenAlex.

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  2. Lipedema: Progress, Challenges, and the Road Ahead.Obesity reviews : an official journal of the International Association for the Study of Obesity · 2025
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  16. Lipedema-Pathogenesis, Diagnosis, and Treatment Options.Deutsches Arzteblatt international · 2020
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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

6 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Rachelle CrescenziDepartment of Radiology and Radiological Sciences, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee.
Paula M C DonahueDepartment of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee.
Sandra WeakleyDepartment of Radiology and Radiological Sciences, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee.
Maria GarzaDepartment of Radiology and Radiological Sciences, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee.
Manus J DonahueDepartment of Radiology and Radiological Sciences, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee.
Karen L HerbstTREAT Program, College of Medicine, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona.
Vanderbilt University Medical Center · USUniversity of Arizona · US

Funding

Quantification of Glymphatic Dysfunction in Patients with Alzheimer's Disease and Related DementiasR01NR015079 · NINR · VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER · PI DONAHUE, MANUS J · 2014 to 2022
$3.9M
NINR NIH HHS R01 NR015079
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

PubMed holds no abstract for this paper.

Indexed as

Electric ImpedanceAdiposis DolorosaAdultAgedDiagnosis, DifferentialFemaleHumansLipedemaMiddle AgedSeverity of Illness IndexSymptom AssessmentYoung Adultadiposis dolorosabioimpedance spectroscopyDercum's diseaselipedemalipoedema

Identifiers

PMID31408408
PMCPMC6919257
OpenAlexW2967632900

What OpenQuestion holds

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Registered trials

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Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.