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ArticleMicroorganisms2021

Case-Control Study to Assess the Association between Epilepsy and

Ali Alizadeh Khatir, Mahdi Sepidarkish, Mohammad Reza Rajabalizadeh, Solmaz Alizadeh Moghaddam, Saeed Aghapour, Saeed Mehravar, Peter J Hotez, Robin B Gasser, Ali Rostami

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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.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
5citing papers in PubMed
1.6field-weighted citation impact, top 19% 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

5 citing papers in PubMed, 11 citations in OpenAlex.

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  2. The global prevalence ofInternational journal for parasitology. Parasites and wildlife · 2024
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  4. Migratory pattern of zoonotic Toxocara cati and T. canis in experimentally infected pigs.European journal of clinical microbiology & infectious diseases : official publication of the European Society of Clinical Microbiology · 2024
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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

9 authors at 5 institutions in 3 countries.

Ali Alizadeh KhatirMobility Impairment Research Center, Health Research Institute, Babol University of Medical Sciences, Babol 4714871167, Iran.
Mahdi SepidarkishDepartment of Biostatistics and Epidemiology, School of Public Health, Babol University of Medical Sciences, Babol 4714871167, Iran.
Mohammad Reza RajabalizadehStudent Research Committee, Babol University of Medical Sciences, Babol 4714871167, Iran.
Solmaz Alizadeh MoghaddamStudent Research Committee, Babol University of Medical Sciences, Babol 4714871167, Iran.
Saeed AghapourDepartment of Neurosurgery, Faculty of Medicine, Mazandaran University of Medical Sciences, Sari 1353447416, Iran.
Saeed MehravarDepartment of Epidemiology and Statistics, School of Public Health, Tehran University of Medical Science, Tehran 1666663111, Iran.
Peter J HotezTexas Children's Hospital Center for Vaccine Development, Department of Pediatrics and Molecular Virology and Microbiology, National School of Tropical Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX 77030, USA.
Robin B GasserDepartment of Veterinary Biosciences, Melbourne Veterinary School, The University of Melbourne, Parkville, VIC 3010, Australia.ORCID 0000-0002-4423-1690
Ali RostamiInfectious Diseases and Tropical Medicine Research Center, Health Research Institute, Babol University of Medical Sciences, Babol 4714871167, Iran.ORCID 0000-0002-1358-1321
Babol University of Medical Sciences · IRBaylor College of Medicine · USMazandaran University of Medical Sciences · IRThe University of Melbourne · AUUniversity of Tehran · IR

Funding

Babol University of Medical Sciences IR.MUBABOL.HRI. REC.1399.105
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Although causes and etiology of epilepsy are mostly obscure, some zoonotic parasites, such as

Indexed as

associationcase-control studyepilepsyToxocara

Identifiers

PMID34683412
PMCPMC8537584
OpenAlexW3202151552

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