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ArticleMiddle East African journal of ophthalmology

Suprasellar Cysticercosis Cyst with Optic Nerve Compression Masquerading as an Arachnoid Cyst.

Aaron Musara, Nyarai Soko, Sharai Shamu

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Article in Middle East African journal of ophthalmology. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
2citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
0.5field-weighted citation impact, top 35% 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

2 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 9 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Pooled it
  2. Article
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

3 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Aaron MusaraDepartment of Surgery, Neurosurgery Unit, College of Health Sciences, University of Zimbabwe, Harare, Zimbabwe.
Nyarai SokoHarare Eye, Ear, Nose and Throat Institute, Harare, Zimbabwe.
Sharai ShamuHarare Eye, Ear, Nose and Throat Institute, Harare, Zimbabwe.
University of Zimbabwe · ZWHarare Institute of Technology · ZW

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Cysticercosis is a parasitic infection caused by the larvae of the cestode

Indexed as

AdultAlbendazoleAnimalsAnthelminticsArachnoid CystsCysticercosisCysticercusDiagnosis, DifferentialDrug Therapy, CombinationHumansMagnetic Resonance ImagingMaleNerve Compression SyndromesOptic Nerve DiseasesPraziquantelTaenia soliumAlbendazoleAnthelminticsPraziquantelAfricaarachnoid cystcysticercosisoptic nerveZimbabwe

Identifiers

PMID31543671
PMCPMC6737786
OpenAlexW2971225539

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Registered trials

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