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ReviewExperimental and therapeutic medicine2020

Vaccination in multiple sclerosis - Challenging practices (Review).

Carmen Adella Sirbu, Anca Alexandra Florea, Minerva Claudia Ghinescu, Any Docu-Axelerad, Anca Maria Sirbu, Ovidiu Gabriel Bratu, Florentina Ionita Radu

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Review in Experimental and therapeutic medicine, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
5citing papers in PubMed
1.4field-weighted citation impact, top 18% 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, 12 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

7 authors at 4 institutions in 1 country.

Carmen Adella SirbuDepartment of Medical-Surgical and Prophylactical Disciplines, Faculty of Medicine, Titu Maiorescu University, 031593 Bucharest, Romania.
Anca Alexandra FloreaDepartment of Neurology, 'Dr Carol Davila' Central Military Emergency University Hospital, 010242 Bucharest, Romania.
Minerva Claudia GhinescuDepartment of Medical-Surgical and Prophylactical Disciplines, Faculty of Medicine, Titu Maiorescu University, 031593 Bucharest, Romania.
Any Docu-AxeleradDepartment of Neurology, Faculty of Medicine, 'Ovidius' University of Constanta, 900527 Constanta, Romania.
Anca Maria SirbuDepartment of Endocrinology, National Institute of Endocrinology, CI Parhon, 011863 Bucharest, Romania.
Ovidiu Gabriel BratuDepartment of Urology, 'Carol Davila' University of Medicine and Pharmacy, 050474 Bucharest, Romania.
Florentina Ionita RaduDepartment of Medical-Surgical and Prophylactical Disciplines, Faculty of Medicine, Titu Maiorescu University, 031593 Bucharest, Romania.
Titu Maiorescu University · ROCarol Davila University of Medicine and Pharmacy · ROInstitutul Național de Endocrinologie C.I. Parhon · ROOvidius University · RO

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Infections are an ever-present problem in the medical community, even more so for patients with multiple sclerosis (MS), for whom these infections have been linked to relapses and neurological disabilities. Even though it was believed that MS can be caused by an infection, research does not support this theory. MS is a chronic inflammatory disease considered to be autoimmune. Vaccination is proven to be one of the most effective means to prevent infections, but still it is surrounded by controversy in the general populations, as well as in the MS group. Vaccines are generally considered safe for MS patients. The exceptions from this, which turn into contraindications, are a medical history of allergic reactions to one of the vaccine components and immunosuppressed patients in the particular case of live vaccines. Given the presumed autoimmunity of the disease, some medication for MS is immunosuppressive and any live vaccine should be administered before starting treatment. Although there is still confusion regarding this subject, the current guidelines have clearer recommendations about vaccinations in MS patients and especially in treated MS patients.

Indexed as

disease modifying treatmentinfectionmultiple sclerosissafetyvaccination

Identifiers

PMID33149781
PMCPMC7604740
OpenAlexW3094618700

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