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ReviewCureus2019

Recent Advances and Therapeutic Options in Lambert-Eaton Myasthenic Syndrome.

Arsalan Anwar, Sidra Saleem, Mirza Fawad Ahmed, Sara Ashraf, Sameen Ashraf

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Review in Cureus, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.

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0cells of the map it votes in
7citing papers in PubMed
1.1field-weighted citation impact, top 22% 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

7 citing papers in PubMed, 17 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

5 authors at 4 institutions in 2 countries.

Arsalan AnwarNeurology, University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center, Cleveland, USA.
Sidra SaleemNeurology, University of Toledo, Toledo, USA.
Mirza Fawad AhmedInternal Medicine, Lahore Medical and Dental College, Lahore, PAK.
Sara AshrafInternal Medicine, Sharif Medical and Dental College, Lahore, PAK.
Sameen AshrafInternal Medicine, Dow Medical College and Civil Hospital Karachi, Karachi, PAK.
CMH Lahore Medical College and Institute of Dentistry · PKCivil Hospital Karachi · PKUniversity Hospitals of Cleveland · USUniversity of Toledo · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Lambert-Eaton Myasthenic Syndrome (LEMS) is an autoimmune-mediated neurological disorder that manifests as muscle fatigue, diminished tendon reflexes, with symptoms of cholinergic overactivity. It can be associated with certain neoplastic conditions, the most common being small cell lung carcinoma (SCLC). The basic pathophysiology involved is antibody-mediated targeting of voltage-gated calcium channels (VGCC), which decreases the release of acetylcholine in the synaptic junction. Multiple treatment options have been introduced in the past and, recently, a new drug, amifampridine, has been approved by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for the treatment of weakness associated with these patients. We summarize this newly introduced drug with a brief description of other treatment options available.

Indexed as

lambert - eaton myasthenic syndromepathophysiologyprognosistherapy

Identifiers

PMID31637147
PMCPMC6799875
OpenAlexW2969612711

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