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SynthesisBiological trace element research2022

Blood Trace Element Status in Multiple Sclerosis: a Systematic Review and Meta-analysis.

Elahe Nirooei, Seyyed Mohammad Amin Kashani, Soroor Owrangi, Fatemeh Malekpour, Maryam Niknam, Fatemeh Moazzen, Peyman Nowrouzi-Sohrabi, Somaye Farzinmehr, Hamed Akbari

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Synthesis in Biological trace element research, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 19 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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0cells of the map it votes in
19citing papers in PubMed, 2 pooled it
3.0field-weighted citation impact, top 9% 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

19 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 35 citations in OpenAlex.

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  3. ZIP3 is essential for the encephalitogenic function of pTh17 cells by regulating intracellular zinc levels.Journal of trace elements in medicine and biology : organ of the Society for Minerals and Trace Elements (GMS) · 2026
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  17. Magnesium and the Brain: A Focus on Neuroinflammation and Neurodegeneration.International journal of molecular sciences · 2022
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  18. An Update on Diagnostic Laboratory Biomarkers for Multiple Sclerosis.Current neurology and neuroscience reports · 2022
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Elahe NirooeiStudent Research Committee, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran.
Seyyed Mohammad Amin KashaniStudent Research Committee, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran.
Soroor OwrangiStudent Research Committee, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran.
Fatemeh MalekpourFamily Medicine Department, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran.
Maryam NiknamDepartment of Biochemistry, School of Medicine, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran.
Fatemeh MoazzenDepartment of Hematology, Faculty of Allied Medicine, Bushehr University of Medical Sciences, Bushehr, Iran.
Peyman Nowrouzi-SohrabiStudent Research Committee, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran.
Somaye FarzinmehrClinical Neurology Research Center, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran. farzinmehrsomaye@gmail.com.
Hamed AkbariDepartment of Biochemistry, School of Medicine, Kerman University of Medical Sciences, Kerman, Iran.
Shiraz University of Medical Sciences · IRBushehr University of Medical Sciences · IRKerman University of Medical Sciences · IR

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The aim of this meta-analysis was to investigate whether the blood concentrations of patients with multiple sclerosis (MS) are associated with those of the healthy control group in terms of trace elements including zinc (Zn), iron (Fe), manganese (Mn), magnesium (Mg), selenium (Se), and copper (Cu). A comprehensive search was performed in online databases including PubMed, Scopus, Embase, and Web of Science for studies, which have addressed trace elements in MS up to July 23, 2020. The chi-square test and I

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Multiple SclerosisSeleniumTrace ElementsCopperHumansZincCopperSeleniumTrace ElementsZincIronMeta-analysisMultiple sclerosisTrace elementZinc

Identifiers

PMID33611740
OpenAlexW3130707755

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