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ArticleWellcome open research2020

Impact of the first COVID-19 pandemic wave on the Scottish Multiple Sclerosis Register population.

Peter M Fernandes, Martin O'Neill, Patrick K A Kearns, Sinforosa Pizzo, Chrissie Watters, Stuart Baird, Niall J J MacDougall, David P J Hunt

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Article in Wellcome open research, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
9citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
2.2field-weighted citation impact, top 12% 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

9 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 15 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. The prevalence of COVID-19 infection in patients with multiple sclerosis (MS): a systematic review and meta-analysis.Neurological sciences : official journal of the Italian Neurological Society and of the Italian Society of Clinical Neurophysiology · 2021
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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

8 authors at 4 institutions in 1 country.

Peter M FernandesAnne Rowling Clinic, Centre for Clinical Brain Sciences, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4061-2872
Martin O'NeillClinical & Protecting Health Directorate, Public Health Scotland, Edinburgh, UK.
Patrick K A KearnsAnne Rowling Clinic, Centre for Clinical Brain Sciences, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK.
Sinforosa PizzoClinical & Protecting Health Directorate, Public Health Scotland, Edinburgh, UK.
Chrissie WattersClinical & Protecting Health Directorate, Public Health Scotland, Edinburgh, UK.
Stuart BairdClinical & Protecting Health Directorate, Public Health Scotland, Edinburgh, UK.
Niall J J MacDougallClinical & Protecting Health Directorate, Public Health Scotland, Edinburgh, UK.
David P J HuntAnne Rowling Clinic, Centre for Clinical Brain Sciences, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK.
University of Cambridge · GBInstitute of Genetics and Cancer · GBUK Dementia Research Institute · GBUniversity of Glasgow · GB

Funding

MRF_ MRF-159-0001-ELP-HUNTWellcome Trust
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

PubMed holds no abstract for this paper.

Indexed as

COVID-19mortalityMSmultiple sclerosisSARS-CoV-2Scotland

Identifiers

PMID33585703
PMCPMC7848856
OpenAlexW3109031544

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Registered trials

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