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ArticleClinical case reports2020

Neurosyphilis in AIDS patient presenting as isolated cranial nerve 6 palsy.

Sanjay Singh, Priyangi Puranik, Ethan Lin, Miriam Marti, Antonio Liu

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Article in Clinical case reports, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
5citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
0.7field-weighted citation impact, top 30% 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

5 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 9 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Neurosyphilis presenting as ocular motor nerve palsy: two cases and a systematic literature review.Neurological sciences : official journal of the Italian Neurological Society and of the Italian Society of Clinical Neurophysiology · 2026
    Pooled it
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  3. Neurosyphilis Presenting with Isolated Abducens Nerve Palsy.Internal medicine (Tokyo, Japan) · 2025
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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

5 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Sanjay SinghRoss School of Medicine Bridgetown Barbados.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4752-1260
Priyangi PuranikRoss School of Medicine Bridgetown Barbados.
Ethan LinDepartment of Family Practice California Hospital Medical Center Los Angeles California USA.
Miriam MartiDepartment of Neurology Adventist Health White Memorial Los Angeles California USA.
Antonio LiuDepartment of Neurology Adventist Health White Memorial Los Angeles California USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1932-7308
Ross University School of Medicine · BBWhite Memorial Medical Center · USCalifornia Hospital Medical Center Foundation · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Early neurosyphilis can occur in an immunocompromised host. It has a widely varied presentation. Isolated CN6 as presenting symptom has not been described.

Indexed as

HIVinfectious diseaseneurologyneurosyphilissyphilis

Identifiers

PMID33088510
PMCPMC7562863
OpenAlexW3037395516

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