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ArticleAntibiotics (Basel, Switzerland)2019

Chronic Lyme Disease: An Evidence-Based Definition by the ILADS Working Group.

Samuel Shor, Christine Green, Beatrice Szantyr, Steven Phillips, Kenneth Liegner, Joseph Jr Burrascano, Robert Bransfield, Elizabeth L Maloney

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Article in Antibiotics (Basel, Switzerland), 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 41 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
41citing papers in PubMed
3.4field-weighted citation impact, top 8% 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

41 citing papers in PubMed, 57 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

8 authors at 5 institutions in 1 country.

Samuel ShorInternal Medicine of Northern Virginia, George Washington University Health Care Sciences', 1860 Town Center Drive #G220, Reston, VA 20191, USA.
Christine GreenFamily Medicine, Green Oaks Medical Center, Mountain View, CA 94040, USA.
Beatrice SzantyrInternal Medicine, Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, P.O. Box 549, Lincoln, ME 04457, USA.
Steven PhillipsInternal Medicine Private Practice 944 Danbury Road, Wilton, CT 06897, USA.
Kenneth Liegner592 Route 22-Suite 1B, Pawling, NY 12564, USA.
Joseph Jr BurrascanoSuperior Biologics, NY 10532, USA.
Robert BransfieldDepartment of Psychiatry Rutgers, RWJ Medical School, 225 Highway 35, Ste 107 Red Bank, Monmouth, NJ 07701, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-9326-6478
Elizabeth L MaloneyPartnership for Tick-borne Diseases Education, P.O. Box 84 Wyoming, MN 55092, USA.
Danbury Hospital · USGeorge Washington University Virginia Campus · USNorthern Westchester Hospital · USPacific Oaks College · USRutgers, The State University of New Jersey · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

PubMed holds no abstract for this paper.

Indexed as

Borrelia infectionborreliosischronic LymeCLDlate LymeLyme diseaseneuroborreliosispersistent Lyme diseasepost-treatment Lyme disease syndrome (PTLDS)untreated Lyme

Identifiers

PMID31888310
PMCPMC6963229
OpenAlexW2995146297

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Registered trials

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