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ArticleBMJ case reports2021

Acute cerebellar ataxia and peripheral neuropathy due to an atypical infection.

Manjunath Hoskote Venkatesh, Stalin Viswanathan, Jayachandran Selvaraj, Vivekanandan Pillai

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Article in BMJ case reports, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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1citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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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

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

1 citing paper in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 2 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Manjunath Hoskote VenkateshDepartment of General Medicine, Jawaharlal Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education, Pondicherry, India.
Stalin ViswanathanDepartment of General Medicine, Jawaharlal Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education, Pondicherry, India stalinviswanathan@ymail.com.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-5861-5161
Jayachandran SelvarajDepartment of General Medicine, Jawaharlal Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education, Pondicherry, India.
Vivekanandan PillaiDepartment of General Medicine, Jawaharlal Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education, Pondicherry, India.
Jawaharlal Institute of Post Graduate Medical Education and Research · IN

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

This 18-year-old boy presented to the hospital with symptoms of cerebellar dysfunction preceded by an acute febrile illness with rash. Examination showed evidence of left-sided cerebellar dysfunction and polyneuropathy. Empirical treatment for leptospirosis and scrub typhus was initiated. MRI was normal. Other organ dysfunctions in the form of thrombocytopenia and transaminitis were also observed. He recovered without sequelae. A diagnosis of acute cerebellar ataxia and polyneuropathy due to scrub typhus was made.

Indexed as

Cerebellar AtaxiaLeptospirosisPeripheral Nervous System DiseasesScrub TyphusAdolescentFeverHumansMalebrain stem / cerebellumtropical medicine (infectious disease)

Identifiers

PMID33731395
PMCPMC7978079
OpenAlexW3136175087

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