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ArticleBMJ case reports2021

Older woman with abdominal pain and bilateral sequential vision loss due to syphilis.

Anna Kabanovski, Trishal Jeeva-Patel, Alexander Kaplan, Esther Bui, Edward A Margolin

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Article in BMJ case reports, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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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

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

0 citing papers in PubMed, 1 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

5 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Anna KabanovskiFaculty of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Trishal Jeeva-PatelDepartment of Ophthalmology and Vision Sciences, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Alexander KaplanDepartment of Ophthalmology and Vision Sciences, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Esther BuiDepartment of Medicine, Division of Neurology, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Edward A MargolinDepartment of Ophthalmology and Vision Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada edmargolin@gmail.com.
University of Toronto · CA

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

A 62-year-old woman presented with non-specific abdominal pain, elevated alkaline phosphatase levels and bilateral sequential visual loss. Visual acuity was counting fingers in right eye (RE) and 20/400 in left eye (LE). She was noted to have optic nerve pallor in RE and mildly elevated optic disc with signs of ocular inflammation in LE. After 2 weeks, vision deteriorated to light perception bilaterally with now extensive vitreal inflammation present in both eyes. Positive rapid plasma reagen and

Indexed as

Optic DiskSyphilisAbdominal PainAgedFemaleHumansMiddle AgedVision DisordersVisual Acuityinfectious diseasesneuroopthalmologyophthalmologysyphilis

Identifiers

PMID34193456
PMCPMC8246289
OpenAlexW3175697149

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