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ArticleCase reports in ophthalmology

Diagnosing Paraproteinemic Keratopathy: A Case Report.

Eugenie Mok, Ka Wai Kam, Anthony J Aldave, Alvin L Young

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Article in Case reports in ophthalmology. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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3citing papers in PubMed
0.3field-weighted citation impact, top 54% 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

3 citing papers in PubMed, 4 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 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Eugenie MokDepartment of Ophthalmology & Visual Sciences, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, New Territories, Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China.
Ka Wai KamDepartment of Ophthalmology & Visual Sciences, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, New Territories, Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China.
Anthony J AldaveStein Eye Institute, The University of California, Los Angeles, California, USA.
Alvin L YoungDepartment of Ophthalmology & Visual Sciences, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, New Territories, Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China.
Chinese University of Hong Kong · CNPrince of Wales Hospital · CNUniversity of California, Los Angeles · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

A 65-year-old man presented with bilateral, painless, progressive blurring of vision over 9 years. Slit-lamp examination revealed bilateral subepithelial corneal opacities in clusters located at the mid-periphery. Anterior segment optical coherence tomography, in vivo confocal microscopy (IVCM), serum protein electrophoresis, and molecular genetic testing were performed to evaluate the cause of corneal opacities. Anterior segment optical coherence tomography revealed a band-like, hyperreflective lesion in the Bowman layer and anterior stroma of both corneas. IVCM revealed hyperreflective deposits in the epithelium, anterior stroma, and endothelium. Serum protein electrophoresis identified the presence of paraproteins (immunoglobulin kappa), and molecular genetic testing revealed absence of mutations in the transforming growth factor beta-induced gene (

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CorneaCorneal hazeOptical coherence tomography

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PMCPMC8136328
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