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SynthesisFrontiers in neurology2021

Effectiveness and Safety of Rituximab for Refractory Myasthenia Gravis: A Systematic Review and Single-Arm Meta-Analysis.

Cong Zhao, Meng Pu, Dawei Chen, Jin Shi, Zhuyi Li, Jun Guo, Guangyun Zhang

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In one paragraph

Synthesis in Frontiers in neurology, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 24 papers, 3 of them syntheses that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
24citing papers in PubMed, 3 pooled it
2.9field-weighted citation impact, top 7% 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

24 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 43 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Rituximab for myasthenia gravis.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2025
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  2. Efficacy and safety of different dosages of rituximab for myasthenia gravis: a single-arm meta-analysis.Daru : journal of Faculty of Pharmacy, Tehran University of Medical Sciences · 2025
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  7. Italian recommendations for the diagnosis and treatment of myasthenia gravis.Neurological sciences : official journal of the Italian Neurological Society and of the Italian Society of Clinical Neurophysiology · 2026
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  11. New and Emerging Biological Therapies for Myasthenia Gravis: A Focussed Review for Clinical Decision-Making.BioDrugs : clinical immunotherapeutics, biopharmaceuticals and gene therapy · 2025
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  17. Rituximab as a sole steroid-sparing agent in generalized myasthenia gravis: Long-term outcomes.Neurological sciences : official journal of the Italian Neurological Society and of the Italian Society of Clinical Neurophysiology · 2024
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  19. Rituximab treatment in myasthenia gravis.Frontiers in neurology · 2023
    Review
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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

7 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Cong ZhaoDepartment of Neurology, Air Force Medical Center of PLA, Beijing, China.
Meng PuDepartment of Hepatobiliary Surgery, Air Force Medical Center of PLA, Beijing, China.
Dawei ChenDepartment of Neurology, Air Force Medical Center of PLA, Beijing, China.
Jin ShiDepartment of Neurology, Air Force Medical Center of PLA, Beijing, China.
Zhuyi LiDepartment of Neurology, Tangdu Hospital, Air Force Medical University, Xi'an, China.
Jun GuoDepartment of Neurology, Tangdu Hospital, Air Force Medical University, Xi'an, China.
Guangyun ZhangDepartment of Neurology, Air Force Medical Center of PLA, Beijing, China.
Air Force General Hospital PLA · CNAir Force Medical University · CN

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

PubMed holds no abstract for this paper.

Indexed as

effectivenessmeta-analysismyasthenia gravisrefractoryrituximab

Identifiers

PMID34721267
PMCPMC8548630
OpenAlexW3206282589

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