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ArticleCureus2020

Cytomegalovirus-Associated Splenic Infarction in a Young Female Patient.

Mayurathan Pakkiyaretnam, Christoper Horne, Louise Sarr, Meenakshi Parsad, Jimmy Chong

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Article in Cureus, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
3citing papers in PubMed
0.6field-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

3 citing papers in PubMed, 5 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

5 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Mayurathan PakkiyaretnamDiabetes and Endocrinology, Royal Hampshire County Hospital, Winchester, GBR.
Christoper HorneDiabetes and Endocrinology, Royal Hampshire County Hospital, Winchester, GBR.
Louise SarrDiabetes and Endocrinology, Royal Hampshire County Hospital, Winchester, GBR.
Meenakshi ParsadDiabetes and Endocrinology, Royal Hampshire County Hospital, Winchester, GBR.
Jimmy ChongDiabetes and Endocrinology, Royal Hampshire County Hospital, Winchester, GBR.
Royal Hampshire County Hospital · GB

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Cytomegalovirus (CMV) infection generally causes asymptomatic infection in the majority of immunocompetent individuals. However, the presentation may be complicated by life-threatening conditions in immunocompromised patients. We report a case of a 23-year-old healthy Caucasian female with acute CMV infection and splenic infarction. Serological studies confirmed acute CMV infection, and echocardiography did not show any evidence of endocarditis or mural thrombosis. We did not consider antiviral and anticoagulation therapies due to the immunocompetent nature of the patient and since the condition was suspected to be a minor vessel disease likely triggered by CMV infection.

Indexed as

cytomegalovirussplenic infarction

Identifiers

PMID33163305
PMCPMC7641482
OpenAlexW3090981592

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Registered trials

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