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ArticleClinical case reports2020

Hydrocephalus and myelopathy: A rare and challenging case of sarcoidosis and review of literature.

Nasam Alfraji, Steven Douedi, Mohammad A Hossain

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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 2 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
2citing papers in PubMed
0.2field-weighted citation impact, top 45% 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

2 citing papers in PubMed, 2 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

3 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Nasam AlfrajiDepartment of Medicine Jersey Shore University Medical Center Hackensack Meridian Health Neptune NJ USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1770-6750
Steven DouediDepartment of Medicine Jersey Shore University Medical Center Hackensack Meridian Health Neptune NJ USA.
Mohammad A HossainDepartment of Medicine Jersey Shore University Medical Center Hackensack Meridian Health Neptune NJ USA.
Hackensack Meridian Health · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Neurological involvement is a rare presentation of sarcoidosis. Physicians should consider sarcoid as a cause of myelitis and hydrocephalus as early management with steroid improves patient survival and reduces long-term disability.

Indexed as

autoimmunehydrocephalusmyelopathyneurosarcoidosissarcoidosis

Identifiers

PMID33088513
PMCPMC7562839
OpenAlexW3033813051

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Registered trials

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