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ArticlePathogens (Basel, Switzerland)2021

Serotonin Levels in the Serum of Persons with Onchocerciasis-Associated Epilepsy: A Case-Control Study.

Melissa Krizia Vieri, An Hotterbeekx, Michel Mandro, Joseph Nelson Siewe Fodjo, Alfred Dusabimana, Francoise Nyisi, Deby Mukendi, Joe Gwatsvaira, Samir Kumar-Singh, Robert Colebunders

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Article in Pathogens (Basel, Switzerland), 2021. 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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0cells of the map it votes in
3citing papers in PubMed
0.3field-weighted citation impact, top 43% 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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  3. Nodding Syndrome: A Scoping Review.Tropical medicine and infectious disease · 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 at 4 institutions in 3 countries.

Melissa Krizia VieriGlobal Health Institute, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of Antwerp, 2610 Antwerp, Belgium.ORCID 0000-0003-3967-4945
An HotterbeekxGlobal Health Institute, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of Antwerp, 2610 Antwerp, Belgium.ORCID 0000-0003-3356-4032
Michel MandroProvincial Health Division Ituri, Ministry of Health, P.O. Box 57 Bunia, Democratic Republic of the Congo.
Joseph Nelson Siewe FodjoBrain Research Africa Initiative (BRAIN), Yaoundé P.O. Box 25625, Cameroon.
Alfred DusabimanaGlobal Health Institute, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of Antwerp, 2610 Antwerp, Belgium.ORCID 0000-0003-2660-880X
Francoise NyisiCentre de Recherche en Maladies Tropicales, Rethy, P.O. Box 143 Bunia, Democratic Republic of the Congo.
Deby MukendiCentre Neuro-Psycho Pathologique, University of Kinshasa, P.O. Box 127 Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo.
Joe GwatsvairaDepartment of Mathematics and Statistics, University of Limerick, V94 T9PX Limerick, Ireland.ORCID 0000-0002-4024-2181
Samir Kumar-SinghMolecular Pathology Group, Laboratory of Cell Biology & Histology, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of Antwerp, 2610 Antwerp, Belgium.
Robert ColebundersGlobal Health Institute, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of Antwerp, 2610 Antwerp, Belgium.ORCID 0000-0002-1919-1340
University of Antwerp · BEMinistry of Public Health · CDUniversity of Kinshasa · CDUniversity of Limerick · IE

Funding

European Research Council ERC 671055
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Onchocerciasis-associated epilepsy (OAE) is a devastating childhood disorder occurring in areas with high

Indexed as

epilepsynodding syndromeOnchocerca volvulusonchocerciasispathogenesisserotonin

Identifiers

PMID34201076
PMCPMC8226745
OpenAlexW3172375637

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