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ArticleFrontiers in immunology2020

IgG Index Revisited: Diagnostic Utility and Prognostic Value in Multiple Sclerosis.

Yang Zheng, Meng-Ting Cai, Fan Yang, Ji-Ping Zhou, Wei Fang, Chun-Hong Shen, Yin-Xi Zhang, Mei-Ping Ding

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Article in Frontiers in immunology, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 28 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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28citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
3.8field-weighted citation impact, top 6% of its field
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

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

28 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 51 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

8 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Yang ZhengDepartment of Neurology, School of Medicine, Second Affiliated Hospital, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China.
Meng-Ting CaiDepartment of Neurology, School of Medicine, Second Affiliated Hospital, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China.
Fan YangDepartment of Neurology, School of Medicine, Second Affiliated Hospital, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China.
Ji-Ping ZhouHarvard University School of Public Health, Boston, MA, United States.
Wei FangDepartment of Neurology, School of Medicine, Fourth Affiliated Hospital, Zhejiang University, Yiwu, China.
Chun-Hong ShenDepartment of Neurology, School of Medicine, Second Affiliated Hospital, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China.
Yin-Xi ZhangDepartment of Neurology, School of Medicine, Second Affiliated Hospital, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China.
Mei-Ping DingDepartment of Neurology, School of Medicine, Second Affiliated Hospital, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China.
Second Affiliated Hospital of Zhejiang University · CNHarvard University · USZhejiang University · CN

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

PubMed holds no abstract for this paper.

Indexed as

AdultBiomarkersChinaDemyelinating DiseasesDisability EvaluationDisease ProgressionFemaleHumansImmunoglobulin GMaleMiddle AgedMultiple SclerosisOligoclonal BandsPredictive Value of TestsPrognosisReproducibility of ResultsBiomarkersImmunoglobulin GOligoclonal Bandscerebrospinal fluidclinically isolated syndromeimmunoglobulin G indexMcDonald criteriamultiple sclerosis

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PMID32973754
PMCPMC7468492
OpenAlexW3080312900

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