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ArticleThe Lancet. Global health2022

Selective laser trabeculoplasty for glaucoma in sub-Saharan Africa - Author's reply.

Heiko Philippin, David Macleod, Einoti Matayan, Gus Gazzard, Peter Shah, William U Makupa, Matthew J Burton

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Article in The Lancet. Global health, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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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

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors.

Heiko PhilippinInternational Centre for Eye Health, Faculty of Infectious and Tropical Diseases, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, London, UK; Eye Department, Kilimanjaro Christian Medical Centre, Moshi, Tanzania; Eye Centre, Medical Centre-University of Freiburg, Faculty of Medicine, University of Freiburg, Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany; University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust, Birmingham, UK. Electronic address: heiko.philippin@lshtm.ac.uk.
David MacleodMRC International Statistics and Epidemiology Group, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, London, UK.
Einoti MatayanEye Department, Kilimanjaro Christian Medical Centre, Moshi, Tanzania; Kilimanjaro Christian Medical University College, Moshi, Tanzania.
Gus GazzardNIHR Biomedical Research Centre for Ophthalmology, Moorfields Eye Hospital NHS Foundation Trust-University College London Institute of Ophthalmology, London, UK; University College London Institute of Ophthalmology, London, UK.
Peter ShahUniversity Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust, Birmingham, UK; University College London Institute of Ophthalmology, London, UK; Birmingham Institute for Glaucoma Research, Institute of Translational Medicine, University Hospitals Birmingham, Birmingham, UK; Centre for Health and Social Care Improvement, University of Wolverhampton, Wolverhampton, UK.
William U MakupaEye Department, Kilimanjaro Christian Medical Centre, Moshi, Tanzania; Kilimanjaro Christian Medical University College, Moshi, Tanzania.
Matthew J BurtonInternational Centre for Eye Health, Faculty of Infectious and Tropical Diseases, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, London, UK; NIHR Biomedical Research Centre for Ophthalmology, Moorfields Eye Hospital NHS Foundation Trust-University College London Institute of Ophthalmology, London, UK.

Funding

Medical Research Council MR/R010161/1
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

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GlaucomaLaser TherapyTrabeculectomyAfrica South of the SaharaHumansLasers

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PMID35180415

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