Evidence map›Paper›PMID 34955096›Full record

ArticleJournal of medical case reports2021

An 8-year-old-girl with juvenile dermatomyositis and autoimmune thyroiditis in Tanzania: a case report.

Fatima Mussa, Neema Nalitolela, Francis Fredrick

Open access · goldAbstract readCase Reports
In one paragraph

Article in Journal of medical case reports, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
2citing papers in PubMed
0.2field-weighted citation impact, top 45% 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

2 citing papers in PubMed, 3 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Article
  2. Article
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

3 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Fatima MussaDepartment of Paediatrics and Child Health, School of Medicine, Muhimbili University of Health and Allied Sciences, 9 United Nations Road, Upanga West, P.O BOX 65001, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. f_mussa@icloud.com.
Neema NalitolelaDepartment of Paediatrics and Child Health, School of Medicine, Muhimbili University of Health and Allied Sciences, 9 United Nations Road, Upanga West, P.O BOX 65001, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania.
Francis FredrickDepartment of Paediatrics and Child Health, School of Medicine, Muhimbili University of Health and Allied Sciences, 9 United Nations Road, Upanga West, P.O BOX 65001, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania.
Muhimbili University of Health and Allied Sciences · TZ

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundJuvenile dermatomyositis is an inflammatory disease of muscles, skin, and blood vessels of unknown cause affecting all age and ethnic groups, with a reported incidence of 1.9-4.1 per million. It manifests with weakness in axial and proximal muscles and typical skin lesions. Historically, the Bohan and Peter classification schema has been used to diagnose juvenile dermatomyositis. CASE PRESENTATION: We report an 8-year-old African female child, who presented with features of juvenile dermatomyositis and a rare association with subclinical autoimmune thyroiditis. This case illustrates the typical presentation, diagnosis, and treatment outcomes of this highly misdiagnosed condition.

conclusionDue to the limited resources and knowledge about this under-reported disease in resource-constrained settings, the characteristic manifestations of juvenile dermatomyositis can be easily missed and thus requires a high index of suspicion for earlier diagnosis and management.

Indexed as

DermatomyositisHashimoto DiseaseThyroiditis, AutoimmuneChildFemaleHumansSkinTanzaniaAutoimmune thyroiditisInflammatory myopathyJuvenile dermatomyositisTanzania

Identifiers

PMID34955096
PMCPMC8711193
OpenAlexW4200281442

What OpenQuestion holds

Textmetadata
LicenceCC BY
Read underepoch 390

Registered trials

None linked

Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.