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ArticleJournal of medical virology2021

Serum KL-6 can distinguish between different phenotypes of severe COVID-19.

Hideta Nakamura, Kazuya Miyagi, Mariko Otsuki, Yuri Higure, Naoya Nishiyama, Takeshi Kinjo, Masashi Nakamatsu, Shusaku Haranaga, Masao Tateyama, Jiro Fujita

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Article in Journal of medical virology, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 10 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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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

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

10 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.

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  9. Serum KL-6 Could Represent a Reliable Indicator of Unfavourable Outcome in Patients with COVID-19 Pneumonia.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

10 authors.

Hideta NakamuraDepartment of Infectious, Respiratory, and Digestive Medicine, Graduate School of Medicine, University of the Ryukyus, Nishihara, Okinawa, Japan.ORCID 0000-0001-7686-4604
Kazuya MiyagiDepartment of Infectious, Respiratory, and Digestive Medicine, Graduate School of Medicine, University of the Ryukyus, Nishihara, Okinawa, Japan.
Mariko OtsukiDepartment of Infectious, Respiratory, and Digestive Medicine, Graduate School of Medicine, University of the Ryukyus, Nishihara, Okinawa, Japan.
Yuri HigureDepartment of Infectious, Respiratory, and Digestive Medicine, Graduate School of Medicine, University of the Ryukyus, Nishihara, Okinawa, Japan.
Naoya NishiyamaDepartment of Infectious, Respiratory, and Digestive Medicine, Graduate School of Medicine, University of the Ryukyus, Nishihara, Okinawa, Japan.
Takeshi KinjoDepartment of Infectious, Respiratory, and Digestive Medicine, Graduate School of Medicine, University of the Ryukyus, Nishihara, Okinawa, Japan.
Masashi NakamatsuDepartment of Infectious, Respiratory, and Digestive Medicine, Graduate School of Medicine, University of the Ryukyus, Nishihara, Okinawa, Japan.
Shusaku HaranagaDepartment of Infectious, Respiratory, and Digestive Medicine, Graduate School of Medicine, University of the Ryukyus, Nishihara, Okinawa, Japan.
Masao TateyamaDepartment of Infectious, Respiratory, and Digestive Medicine, Graduate School of Medicine, University of the Ryukyus, Nishihara, Okinawa, Japan.
Jiro FujitaDepartment of Infectious, Respiratory, and Digestive Medicine, Graduate School of Medicine, University of the Ryukyus, Nishihara, Okinawa, Japan.

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

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COVID-19BiomarkersHumansPhenotypeROC CurveSARS-CoV-2Biomarkers

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PMID32633842
PMCPMC7361808

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