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ArticleGastroenterology2021

Association of Achalasia With Active Varicella Zoster Virus Infection of the Esophagus.

Rishi D Naik, Michael F Vaezi, Anne A Gershon, Tina Higginbotham, Jason J Chen, Elizabeth Flores, Mike Holzman, Dhyanesh Patel, Michael D Gershon

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Article in Gastroenterology, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 20 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
20citing papers in PubMed
4.4field-weighted citation impact, top 5% 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

20 citing papers in PubMed, 29 citations in OpenAlex.

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  5. A fresh look at varicella vaccination.Human vaccines & immunotherapeutics · 2025
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  9. Two onset types of achalasia and the long-term course to diagnosis.Esophagus : official journal of the Japan Esophageal Society · 2024
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  10. Focus on Achalasia in the Omics Era.International journal of molecular sciences · 2024
    Review
  11. Review
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  13. Modern Achalasia: Diagnosis, Classification, and Treatment.Journal of neurogastroenterology and motility · 2023
    Review
  14. Achalasia: The Current Clinical Dilemma and Possible Pathogenesis.Journal of neurogastroenterology and motility · 2023
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  15. The enteric nervous system.Physiological reviews · 2023
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  20. Achalasia.Nature reviews. Disease primers · 2022
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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

9 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Rishi D NaikDivision of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition, Vanderbilt Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee.
Michael F VaeziDivision of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition, Vanderbilt Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee.
Anne A GershonDepartment of Pediatrics, Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York, New York.
Tina HigginbothamDivision of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition, Vanderbilt Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee.
Jason J ChenDepartment of Pathology and Cell Biology, Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York, New York.
Elizabeth FloresDepartment of Pediatrics, Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York, New York.
Mike HolzmanDivision of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition, Vanderbilt Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee.
Dhyanesh PatelDivision of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition, Vanderbilt Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee.
Michael D GershonDepartment of Pathology and Cell Biology, Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York, New York. Electronic address: mdg4@cumc.columbia.edu.
Vanderbilt University Medical Center · USColumbia University · US

Funding

The Vanderbilt Institute for Clinical and Translational Research (VICTR)UL1TR000445 · NCATS · VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER · PI BERNARD, GORDON RAPHAEL · 2012 to 2016
$41.4M
MICROENVIRONMENT IN ENTERIC NEURON DEVELOPMENTR01NS015547 · NINDS · COLUMBIA UNIV NEW YORK MORNINGSIDE · PI GERSHON, MICHAEL D, MARGOLIS, KARA GROSS · 1985 to 2022
$7.2M
VZV in the enteric nervous system: pathogenesis and consequencesR01DK093094 · NIDDK · COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES · PI MICHAEL D GERSHON, Anne A. Gershon · 2011 to 2026
$5.9M
NCATS NIH HHS UL1 TR000445NIDDK NIH HHS R01 DK093094NINDS NIH HHS R01 NS015547
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

PubMed holds no abstract for this paper.

Indexed as

Virus ActivationAgedAged, 80 and overCase-Control StudiesEnteric Nervous SystemEsophageal AchalasiaEsophageal Sphincter, LowerFemaleHerpesvirus 3, HumanHost-Pathogen InteractionsHumansMaleRisk FactorsVaricella Zoster Virus Infection

Identifiers

PMID33932481
PMCPMC8601651
OpenAlexW3157522627

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