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ArticleNeurological sciences : official journal of the Italian Neurological Society and of the Italian Society of Clinical Neurophysiology2020

Drug withdrawal along with bridge therapy with methylprednisolone and/or diazepam for treatment of medication overuse headache: a preliminary report from the WASH-OUT study.

Fabrizio Vernieri, Patrizio Pasqualetti, Matteo Paolucci, Carmelina Maria Costa, Nicoletta Brunelli, Massimo Autunno, Adriana Fallacara, Gianluca Cecchi, Sabina Cevoli, Claudia Altamura

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Article in Neurological sciences : official journal of the Italian Neurological Society and of the Italian Society of Clinical Neurophysiology, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
4citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
0.8field-weighted citation impact, top 29% 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

4 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 7 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 1 country.

Fabrizio VernieriUnità Cefalee e Neurosonologia, Neurologia, Policlinico Universitario Campus Bio-Medico di Roma, Rome, Italy. f.vernieri@unicampus.it.
Patrizio PasqualettiUnità Cefalee e Neurosonologia, Neurologia, Policlinico Universitario Campus Bio-Medico di Roma, Rome, Italy.
Matteo PaolucciUnità Cefalee e Neurosonologia, Neurologia, Policlinico Universitario Campus Bio-Medico di Roma, Rome, Italy.
Carmelina Maria CostaUnità Cefalee e Neurosonologia, Neurologia, Policlinico Universitario Campus Bio-Medico di Roma, Rome, Italy.
Nicoletta BrunelliUnità Cefalee e Neurosonologia, Neurologia, Policlinico Universitario Campus Bio-Medico di Roma, Rome, Italy.
Massimo AutunnoCentro Cefalee, Policlinico G. Martino, Messina, Italy.
Adriana FallacaraUnità Cefalee e Neurosonologia, Neurologia, Policlinico Universitario Campus Bio-Medico di Roma, Rome, Italy.
Gianluca CecchiUnità Cefalee e Neurosonologia, Neurologia, Policlinico Universitario Campus Bio-Medico di Roma, Rome, Italy.
Sabina CevoliIRCCS Istituto Scienze Neurologiche di Bologna, Bologna, Italy.
Claudia AltamuraUnità Cefalee e Neurosonologia, Neurologia, Policlinico Universitario Campus Bio-Medico di Roma, Rome, Italy.
Campus Bio Medico University Hospital · ITAzienda Ospedaliera Universitaria Policlinico "G. Martino" · ITIstituto delle Scienze Neurologiche di Bologna · IT

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

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Indexed as

Headache Disorders, SecondaryPharmaceutical PreparationsSubstance Withdrawal SyndromeAnalgesicsDiazepamHeadacheHumansMethylprednisoloneAnalgesicsDiazepamMethylprednisolonePharmaceutical Preparations

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PMID32856233
OpenAlexW3082246711

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