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ArticleJournal of clinical medicine2021

Central Serous Chorioretinopathy and Blood Serotonin Concentrations.

Takeshi Kimura, Takashi Araki, Yuki Komuku, Hisashi Iwami, Fumi Gomi

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Article in Journal of clinical medicine, 2021. 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.

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5citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
0.9field-weighted citation impact, top 29% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

5 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 8 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Pooled it
  2. Hormonal factors in the pathophysiology of central serous chorioretinopathy - a systematic review and meta-analysis.Graefe's archive for clinical and experimental ophthalmology = Albrecht von Graefes Archiv fur klinische und experimentelle Ophthalmologie · 2026
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Takeshi KimuraDepartment of Ophthalmology, Hyogo College of Medicine, Nishinomiya 6638501, Japan.
Takashi ArakiDepartment of Ophthalmology, Hyogo College of Medicine, Nishinomiya 6638501, Japan.
Yuki KomukuDepartment of Ophthalmology, Hyogo College of Medicine, Nishinomiya 6638501, Japan.
Hisashi IwamiDepartment of Ophthalmology, Hyogo College of Medicine, Nishinomiya 6638501, Japan.
Fumi GomiDepartment of Ophthalmology, Hyogo College of Medicine, Nishinomiya 6638501, Japan.ORCID 0000-0003-0807-8817
Hyogo Medical University · JP

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundTo investigate blood serotonin (5-hydroxytryptamine (5-HT)) concentrations and their relationships with selected characteristics in patients with central serous chorioretinopathy (CSC).

methodsThis was a prospective study including 93 patients with active CSC. Blood concentrations of 5-HT, adrenocorticotropic hormone, and cortisol were measured in patients with CSC. Selected patient characteristics, including disease history (acute or chronic), medication use, smoking history, mood status, best-corrected visual acuity (BCVA), subfoveal choroidal thickness (SCT), findings on fluorescein and indocyanine green angiography, and anatomical changes were evaluated during follow-up.

resultsEleven of the 93 patients had low 5-HT concentrations (<57 ng/mL) (12%, eight men and three women; mean age 55 years); we identified no significant relationship with acute/chronic disease status. The patients with low 5-HT were significantly more likely to have five or more fluorescein leakage sites (

conclusionsBlood serotonin concentrations may influence the pathophysiology and prognosis of CSC.

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5-hydroxytryptamine (5-HT)central serous chorioretinopathy (CSC)serotoninsubfoveal choroidal thickness (SCT)

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PMID33546112
PMCPMC7913142
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