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SynthesisFrontiers in medicine2021

Antiviral Therapy for Varicella Zoster Virus (VZV) and Herpes Simplex Virus (HSV)-Induced Anterior Uveitis: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.

Ilaria Testi, Kanika Aggarwal, Nishant Jaiswal, Neha Dahiya, Zheng Xian Thng, Aniruddha Agarwal, Alka Ahuja, Mona Duggal, Ankita Kankaria, Su Ling Ho and 5 more

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In one paragraph

Synthesis in Frontiers in medicine, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
8citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
2.6field-weighted citation impact, top 10% 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

8 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 24 citations in OpenAlex.

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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

15 authors at 6 institutions in 3 countries.

Ilaria TestiDepartment of Uveitis, Moorfields Eye Hospital, NHS Foundation Trust, London, United Kingdom.
Kanika AggarwalAdvanced Eye Centre, Post-Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research (PGIMER), Chandigarh, India.
Nishant JaiswalDepartment of Telemedicine, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, India.
Neha DahiyaAdvanced Eye Centre, Post-Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research (PGIMER), Chandigarh, India.
Zheng Xian ThngNational Healthcare Group Eye Institute, Tan Tock Seng Hospital, Singapore, Singapore.
Aniruddha AgarwalAdvanced Eye Centre, Post-Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research (PGIMER), Chandigarh, India.
Alka AhujaAdvanced Eye Centre, Post-Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research (PGIMER), Chandigarh, India.
Mona DuggalAdvanced Eye Centre, Post-Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research (PGIMER), Chandigarh, India.
Ankita KankariaDepartment of Community and Family Medicine, All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), Bathinda, India.
Su Ling HoNational Healthcare Group Eye Institute, Tan Tock Seng Hospital, Singapore, Singapore.
Soon-Paik CheeSingapore Eye Research Institute, Singapore, Singapore.
Mark WestcottDepartment of Uveitis, Moorfields Eye Hospital, NHS Foundation Trust, London, United Kingdom.
Carlos PavesioDepartment of Uveitis, Moorfields Eye Hospital, NHS Foundation Trust, London, United Kingdom.
Rupesh AgrawalDepartment of Uveitis, Moorfields Eye Hospital, NHS Foundation Trust, London, United Kingdom.
Vishali GuptaAdvanced Eye Centre, Post-Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research (PGIMER), Chandigarh, India.
Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research · INTan Tock Seng Hospital · SGMoorfields Eye Hospital · GBAll India Institute of Medical Sciences · INMoorfields Eye Hospital NHS Foundation Trust · GBSingapore Eye Research Institute · SG

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

PubMed holds no abstract for this paper.

Indexed as

acyclovirantiviral therapyherpes simple virusherpes zoster ophtalmicusiritisvalaciclovirvaricella zoster virusviral anterior uveitis

Identifiers

PMID34277661
PMCPMC8284188
OpenAlexW3184032815

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Registered trials

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