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SynthesisEndocrine2021

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Arnoldo Piccardo, Gianluca Bottoni, Luis Alejandro Boccalatte, Chiara Camponovo, Martina Musumeci, Lorenzo Bacigalupo, Carlos Collaud, Martina Ugolini, Francesco Fiz, Pierpaolo Trimboli

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Synthesis in Endocrine, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 13 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
13citing papers in PubMed
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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

13 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. The Diagnostic Accuracy of [Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026
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  5. Japanese journal of radiology · 2025
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  8. Expanding the clinical indications of [European journal of nuclear medicine and molecular imaging · 2024
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  9. Head-to-head comparison of [European journal of nuclear medicine and molecular imaging · 2024
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  11. Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023
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  12. DoesFrontiers in medicine · 2023
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  13. Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2021
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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

10 authors.

Arnoldo PiccardoNuclear Medicine Department, Ente Ospedaliero "Ospedali Galliera", Genoa, Italy.
Gianluca BottoniNuclear Medicine Department, Ente Ospedaliero "Ospedali Galliera", Genoa, Italy.
Luis Alejandro BoccalatteDepartment of Head and Neck Surgery, Hospital Italiano de Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Chiara CamponovoClinic of Endocrinology and Diabetology, Lugano and Mendrisio Regional Hospital, Ente Ospedaliero Cantonale, Bellinzona, Switzerland.
Martina MusumeciDepartment of Endocrinology, Metabolism and Nuclear Medicine/PET-CT, Hospital Italiano de Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Lorenzo BacigalupoRadiology Department, Ente Ospedaliero "Ospedali Galliera", Genoa, Italy.
Carlos CollaudDepartment of Endocrinology, Metabolism and Nuclear Medicine/PET-CT, Hospital Italiano de Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Martina UgoliniNuclear Medicine Department, Ente Ospedaliero "Ospedali Galliera", Genoa, Italy.
Francesco FizNuclear Medicine Department, Humanitas Research Hospital-IRCCS, Rozzano, Milan, Italy. francesco.fiz.nm@gmail.com.ORCID 0000-0003-3932-1330
Pierpaolo TrimboliFaculty of Biomedical Sciences, Università della Svizzera Italiana (USI), Lugano, Switzerland.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

introductionIn primary hyperparathyroidism (PHPT), the localization of hyperfunctioning parathyroid gland (HPTG) allows tailored surgery. Although Four-Dimensional Contrast-enhanced Computed Tomography (4DCeCT) and

designwe conducted a systematic review and meta-analysis to find original papers reporting the head-to-head comparison of 4DCeCT,

methodsthis systematic review was conducted according to PRISMA. PubMed, CENTRAL, Scopus, and Web of Science were searched until January 2021. Studies comparing the ability of 4DCeCT,

resultsOf the 78 records identified, five articles (153 PHPT patients) published between January the 1st, 2018 and January the 31st, 2021 were included. The pooled DR of

conclusionsThis meta-analysis suggests that the sensitivity of

Indexed as

Hyperparathyroidism, PrimaryPositron Emission Tomography Computed TomographyBibliometricsCholineHumansParathyroid GlandsCholine4D-CeCTCholineHyperparathyroidismParathyroidPET/CT

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