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ArticleMicroorganisms2021

A Large Case Series of Neurocysticercosis in Kuwait, a Nonendemic Arabian Gulf Country in the Middle East Region.

Jamshaid Iqbal, Suhail Ahmad, Mohammad Al-Awadhi, Amir Masud, Zainab Mohsin, Abdullah Y Abdulrasoul, Khalifa Albenwan, Nadia Alenezi, Fatima AlFarsi

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Article in Microorganisms, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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5citing papers in PubMed
0.9field-weighted citation impact, top 27% of its field
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

5 citing papers in PubMed, 9 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

9 authors at 5 institutions in 1 country.

Jamshaid IqbalDepartment of Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine, Kuwait University, P. O. Box 24923, Safat 13110, Kuwait.
Suhail AhmadDepartment of Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine, Kuwait University, P. O. Box 24923, Safat 13110, Kuwait.ORCID 0000-0003-3492-4781
Mohammad Al-AwadhiDepartment of Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine, Kuwait University, P. O. Box 24923, Safat 13110, Kuwait.
Amir MasudAl-Sabah Hospital, Ministry of Health, Kuwait City 13001, Kuwait.
Zainab MohsinFarwaniya Hospital, Ministry of Health, Farwaniya 81004, Kuwait.
Abdullah Y AbdulrasoulJahra Hospital, Ministry of Health, Alsafat 01753, Kuwait.
Khalifa AlbenwanDepartment of Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine, Kuwait University, P. O. Box 24923, Safat 13110, Kuwait.
Nadia AleneziParasitology Reference Laboratory, Mubarak Al-Kabir Hospital, Jabriya 47060, Kuwait.
Fatima AlFarsiParasitology Reference Laboratory, Mubarak Al-Kabir Hospital, Jabriya 47060, Kuwait.
Kuwait University · KWMubarak Al Kabeer Hospital · KWFarwaniya Hospital · KWJahra Hospital · KWMinistry of Health · KW

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Neurocysticercosis (NCC), a leading global cause of severe progressive headache and epilepsy, in developed or affluent countries is mostly diagnosed among immigrants from poor or developing

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enzyme-linked immunotransfer blot (EITB)epidemiologyimported cysticercosisKuwaitMiddle East regionneurocysticercosisprevalence

Identifiers

PMID34199952
PMCPMC8226849
OpenAlexW3169688092

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