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ArticleClinical case reports2021

Psychiatric care for a person with MELAS syndrome: A case report.

Douglas Yeung Leong, Rei Yen Chee, Yit Shiang Lui

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Article in Clinical 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.

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0cells of the map it votes in
1citing papers in PubMed
0.2field-weighted citation impact, top 49% 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

1 citing paper in PubMed, 3 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

3 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Douglas Yeung LeongDepartment of Psychological Medicine National University Hospital Singapore City Singapore.
Rei Yen CheeDepartment of Psychological Medicine National University Hospital Singapore City Singapore.
Yit Shiang LuiDepartment of Psychological Medicine National University Hospital Singapore City Singapore.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2921-3942
National University Hospital · SG

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

This report provides information for future clinicians who may be involved in treating patients with mitochondrial disorders manifesting with psychiatric problems, as literature in treatment is limited. The interventions focus on both carefully crafted medication therapy and nondrug methods to manage the challenging behaviors in a medically infirmed person.

Indexed as

behavior therapycase reportMELASmultidisciplinary teamoccupational therapypsychiatric nursingsensory deficit

Identifiers

PMID34026177
PMCPMC8134952
OpenAlexW3129147587

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