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ArticleJournal of scleroderma and related disorders2017

The critical need for accurately defining digital ulcers in scleroderma.

Wendy Li, Tracy M Frech

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Article in Journal of scleroderma and related disorders, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
6citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
2.4field-weighted citation impact, top 12% 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.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

6 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 27 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Wendy LiIndiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, Indiana - USA.
Tracy M FrechSystemic Sclerosis Clinic, University of Utah, Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, Salt Lake City, Utah - USA.
Indiana University School of MedicineUniversity of Utah · US

Funding

Systemic Sclerosis (SSc) Vasculopathy: Improved Clinical Monitoring and TreatmentK23AR067889 · NIAMS · UNIVERSITY OF UTAH · PI FRECH, TRACY MINAN · 2016 to 2020
$881k
Systemic sclerosis (SSc) vasculopathy: Improved clinical monitoring and treatmentI01CX001183 · VA · VA SALT LAKE CITY HEALTHCARE SYSTEM · PI FRECH, TRACY MINAN · 2016 to 2020
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CSRD VA I01 CX001183NIAMS NIH HHS K23 AR067889
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Digital ulcers are one of the key predictors of disease progression and quality of life in patients with systemic sclerosis. Choosing the right treatment for the individual patient begins at developing a consensus among clinicians of what constitutes a digital ulcer. The aim of this editorial is to describe the high unmet need for a standardized method of defining digital ulcers, which is a major challenge not only for treatment, but also for development of new therapies. We discuss the potential role of ultrasound in the development of a validated definition of digital ulcers in systemic sclerosis.

Indexed as

DefinitionDigital ulcerSystemic sclerosisUltrasound

Identifiers

PMID32090169
PMCPMC7034932
OpenAlexW2614941387

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Registered trials

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