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ReviewIndian journal of pediatrics2020

Infantile Spasms and West Syndrome - A Clinician's Perspective.

Saurabh S Chopra

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Review in Indian journal of pediatrics, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 10 papers.

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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

10 citing papers in PubMed.

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  4. A Pair of Compound HeterozygousGlobal medical genetics · 2024
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  9. Epilepsy in Children-Important Facets.Indian journal of pediatrics · 2021
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

1 author.

Saurabh S ChopraMax Smart Hospital, Saket, New Delhi, India. saurabhschopra@gmail.com.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Infantile spasms, though long recognised, are still a cause of significant morbidity in children. The knowledge of their etiology and pathogenesis is still evolving. Even the management strategies vary among different centres. Hormonal treatments and vigabatrin have been recognised as effective but controversies prevail on the exact protocols that best balance the risk benefit ratio. Collaborative studies have begun to provide some clarity on some of the management issues but further large scale studies that further standardise protocols are a felt need. This article attempts to provide a clinically relevant summary of the current knowledge.

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Spasms, InfantileAnticonvulsantsHumansInfantRisk AssessmentVigabatrinAnticonvulsantsVigabatrinInfantile spasmsWest syndrome

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