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ReviewAnnals of medicine and surgery (2012)2022

The association between SARS-CoV-2 vaccines and transverse myelitis: A review.

Fatima Naz Naeem, Syeda Fatima Saba Hasan, Muskaan Doulat Ram, Summaiyya Waseem, Syed Hassan Ahmed, Taha Gul Shaikh

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Review in Annals of medicine and surgery (2012), 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
8citing papers in PubMed
1.3field-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

8 citing papers in PubMed, 13 citations in OpenAlex.

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  6. Immune-Mediated Myelopathies.Continuum (Minneapolis, Minn.) · 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

6 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Fatima Naz NaeemDow University of Health Sciences, Karachi, Pakistan.
Syeda Fatima Saba HasanDow University of Health Sciences, Karachi, Pakistan.
Muskaan Doulat RamDow University of Health Sciences, Karachi, Pakistan.
Summaiyya WaseemDow University of Health Sciences, Karachi, Pakistan.
Syed Hassan AhmedDow University of Health Sciences, Karachi, Pakistan.
Taha Gul ShaikhDow University of Health Sciences, Karachi, Pakistan.
Dow University of Health Sciences · PK

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

In late 2019, the emergence of a new viral strain, later referred to as Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2) took the shape of a global pandemic, affecting millions of lives and deteriorating economies around the globe. Vaccines were developed at an exceptional rate to combat the viral desolation, all of them being rolled out once they displayed sufficient safety and efficacy. However, assorted adverse events came into attention, one of them being Transverse Myelitis (TM), an infrequent, immune-mediated, focal disease of the spinal cord. This disorder can lead to severe neurological complications including autonomic, sensory, and motor deficits. The literature aims to shed light on TM and its various etiologies, specifically in line with the vaccine, and a comprehensive treatment plan. Discussing and reducing the number of vaccines related adverse events can help succor in bringing down the vaccine hesitancy and ultimately combatting the pandemic.

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CoronavirusNeurological manifestationTransverse myelitisVaccine

Identifiers

PMID35702684
PMCPMC9181565
OpenAlexW4281796277

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