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SynthesisFrontiers in immunology2021

Incidence and Risk of Infection Associated With Fingolimod in Patients With Multiple Sclerosis: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of 8,448 Patients From 12 Randomized Controlled Trials.

Zhao Zhao, Chun-Lai Ma, Zhi-Chun Gu, Yue Dong, Yang Lv, Ming-Kang Zhong

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In one paragraph

Synthesis in Frontiers in immunology, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 14 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
14citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
1.3field-weighted citation impact, top 20% 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

14 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 21 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Pooled it
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  5. Choosing initial MS therapy; personal, disease, and medication factors.Neurotherapeutics : the journal of the American Society for Experimental NeuroTherapeutics · 2025
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  13. Multiple Sclerosis Management During the COVID-19 Pandemic.Current neurology and neuroscience reports · 2022
    Review
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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

6 authors at 4 institutions in 1 country.

Zhao ZhaoDepartment of Pharmacy, Huashan Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai, China.
Chun-Lai MaDepartment of Pharmacy, Huashan Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai, China.
Zhi-Chun GuDepartment of Pharmacy, Renji Hospital, School of Medicine, Shanghai Jiaotong University, Shanghai, China.
Yue DongDepartment of Pharmacy, Huashan Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai, China.
Yang LvDepartment of Pharmacy, Huashan Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai, China.
Ming-Kang ZhongDepartment of Pharmacy, Huashan Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai, China.
Huashan Hospital · CNFirst Affiliated Hospital of Henan University of Science and Technology · CNFudan University · CNRenji Hospital · CN

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

PubMed holds no abstract for this paper.

Indexed as

Fingolimod HydrochlorideHumansImmunosuppressive AgentsIncidenceInfectionsMultiple SclerosisOdds RatioPublication BiasRandomized Controlled Trials as TopicRisk AssessmentRisk FactorsFingolimod HydrochlorideImmunosuppressive Agentsdose-dependencefingolimodinfectionmeta-analysismultiple sclerosis

Identifiers

PMID33763062
PMCPMC7982402
OpenAlexW3133967758

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Registered trials

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