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ReviewJournal of translational internal medicine2019

Influenza Vaccination and Guillain-Barré Syndrome: Reality or Fear.

Arefeh Babazadeh, Zeinab Mohseni Afshar, Mostafa Javanian, Mousa Mohammadnia-Afrouzi, Ahmad Karkhah, Jila Masrour-Roudsari, Parisa Sabbagh, Veerendra Koppolu, Veneela KrishnaRekha Vasigala, Soheil Ebrahimpour

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Review in Journal of translational internal medicine, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 26 papers.

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0cells of the map it votes in
26citing papers in PubMed
3.9field-weighted citation impact, top 6% 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

26 citing papers in PubMed, 50 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

10 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Arefeh BabazadehInfectious Diseases and Tropical Medicine Research Center, Health Research Institute, Babol University of Medical Sciences, Babol, I.R. Iran.
Zeinab Mohseni AfsharClinical Research Development Center, Imam Reza Hospital, Kermanshah University of Medical Sciences, Kermanshah, Iran.
Mostafa JavanianInfectious Diseases and Tropical Medicine Research Center, Health Research Institute, Babol University of Medical Sciences, Babol, I.R. Iran.
Mousa Mohammadnia-AfrouziInfectious Diseases and Tropical Medicine Research Center, Health Research Institute, Babol University of Medical Sciences, Babol, I.R. Iran.
Ahmad KarkhahStudent Research Committee, School of Medicine, Babol University of Medical Sciences, Babol, Iran.
Jila Masrour-RoudsariInfectious Diseases and Tropical Medicine Research Center, Health Research Institute, Babol University of Medical Sciences, Babol, I.R. Iran.
Parisa SabbaghInfectious Diseases and Tropical Medicine Research Center, Health Research Institute, Babol University of Medical Sciences, Babol, I.R. Iran.
Veerendra KoppoluScientist Biopharmaceutical Development Medimmune Gaithersburg, MD 20878, USA.
Veneela KrishnaRekha VasigalaRangaraya Medical College, NTR University of Health Sciences, Kakinada, India.
Soheil EbrahimpourInfectious Diseases and Tropical Medicine Research Center, Health Research Institute, Babol University of Medical Sciences, Babol, I.R. Iran.
Babol University of Medical Sciences · IRImam Reza Hospital · IRRangaraya Medical College · IN

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Guillain-Barré syndrome (GBS) is an inflammatory disorder and an acute immune-mediated demyelinating neuropathy that causes reduced signal transmissions, progressive muscle weakness, and paralysis. The etiology of the syndrome still remains controversial and uncertain. GBS can be initiated and triggered by respiratory tract infections such as influenza, and intestinal infections such as

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flu vaccinationGuillain–Barré syndromeinfluenza

Identifiers

PMID32010599
PMCPMC6985921
OpenAlexW3002783676

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