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ArticleMedicine2020

Can Botulinum Toxin Type A effectively treat neuropathic pain in spinal cord injury?: A protocol of systematic review and meta-analysis.

Zeng-Mian Wang, Ze-Yu Wang, Chun-Jie Wei, Yao-Jia Jiang

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Article in Medicine, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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2citing papers in PubMed
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

2 citing papers in PubMed, 2 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Zeng-Mian WangThird Ward of Neurology Department, First Affiliated Hospital of Jiamusi University, Jiamusi, China.
Ze-Yu Wang
Chun-Jie Wei
Yao-Jia Jiang
Jiamusi University · CNFirst Affiliated Hospital of Jiamusi University · CN

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundThis protocol aims to assess the efficacy and safety of Botulinum Toxin Type A (BTTA) for the treatment of neuropathic pain (NPP) in patients with spinal cord injury (SCI).

methodsWe will retrieve databases in Cochrane Library, EMBASE, MEDLINE, Excerpta Medica Database, PsychINFO, the Allied and Complementary Medicine Database, and Chinese Biomedical Literature Database, and China National Knowledge Infrastructure from the beginning to the March 1, 2020. We will consider any potential studies on assessing the efficacy and safety of BTTA for the treatment of NPP in patients with SCI without limitations of language and publication status. Cochrane risk of bias will be used to assess the risk of bias for all included trials. RevMan 5.3 software will be utilized to synthesize the extracted data and to analyze those data.

resultsThis study will appraise the efficacy and safety based on the current evidence of BTTA for the treatment of NPP in patients with SCI.

conclusionThis study will exert high quality clinical trials for exploring the efficacy and safety of BTTA in treating NPP in patients with SCI. PROSPERO REGISTRATION NUMBER: PROSPERO CRD42020170474.

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Botulinum Toxins, Type AHumansMeta-Analysis as TopicNeuralgiaNeuromuscular AgentsSpinal Cord InjuriesSystematic Reviews as TopicBotulinum Toxins, Type ANeuromuscular Agents

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PMID32569202
PMCPMC7310841
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