Evidence map›Paper›PMID 34149607›Full record

ArticleFrontiers in neurology2021

Epilepsy in

Rodney Ogwang, Albert Ningwa, Pamela Akun, Paul Bangirana, Ronald Anguzu, Rajarshi Mazumder, Noriko Salamon, Oliver Johannes Henning, Charles R Newton, Catherine Abbo and 3 more

Open access · goldAbstract read
In one paragraph

Article in Frontiers in neurology, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 10 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
10citing papers in PubMed
0.5field-weighted citation impact, top 32% 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

10 citing papers in PubMed, 10 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Article
  2. Review
  3. Review
  4. Article
  5. Article
  6. Epileptogenesis in Common Parasitic Infections.Current neurology and neuroscience reports · 2022
    Review
  7. Article
  8. Review
  9. Article
  10. Article
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

13 authors at 6 institutions in 5 countries.

Rodney OgwangCollege of Health Sciences, Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda.
Albert NingwaCollege of Health Sciences, Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda.
Pamela AkunCollege of Health Sciences, Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda.
Paul BangiranaCollege of Health Sciences, Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda.
Ronald AnguzuCollege of Health Sciences, Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda.
Rajarshi MazumderDepartment of Neurology, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, United States.
Noriko SalamonDepartment of Radiological Sciences, David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, United States.
Oliver Johannes HenningDivision of Clinical Neuroscience, The National Centre for Epilepsy, Oslo University Hospital, Oslo, Norway.
Charles R NewtonKEMRI-Wellcome Trust Research Programme, Centre for Geographic Medicine Coast, Kilifi, Kenya.
Catherine AbboCollege of Health Sciences, Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda.
Amos Deogratius MwakaCollege of Health Sciences, Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda.
Kevin MarshNuffield Department of Medicine, Centre for Tropical Medicine and Global Health, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom.
Richard IdroCollege of Health Sciences, Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda.
Makerere University · UGUniversity of Oxford · GBUniversity of California, Los Angeles · USKenya Medical Research Institute · KEMedical College of Wisconsin · USOslo University Hospital · NO

Funding

EPA EP-C-15-003Medical Research Council MR/M025489/1Wellcome Trust
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Globally, epilepsy is the most common chronic neurological disorder. The incidence in sub-Saharan Africa is 2-3 times higher than that in high income countries. Infection by

Indexed as

EEGepilepsyMRIonchocerciasisseizures

Identifiers

PMID34149607
PMCPMC8209377
OpenAlexW3166064937

What OpenQuestion holds

Textmetadata
LicenceCC BY
Read underepoch 390

Registered trials

None linked

Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.