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ArticleNMC case report journal2022

Cervical Transverse Myelitis Following COVID-19 Vaccination.

Kazuma Doi, Yukoh Ohara, Takahiro Ouchi, Rie Sasaki, Futaba Maki, Junichi Mizuno

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Article in NMC case report journal, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
4citing papers in PubMed
0.7field-weighted citation impact, top 28% 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

4 citing papers in PubMed, 6 citations in OpenAlex.

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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 2 institutions in 1 country.

Kazuma DoiCenter for Minimally Invasive Spinal Surgery, Shin Yurigaoka General Hospital, Kawasaki, Kanagawa, Japan.
Yukoh OharaCenter for Minimally Invasive Spinal Surgery, Shin Yurigaoka General Hospital, Kawasaki, Kanagawa, Japan.
Takahiro OuchiDepartment of Neurology, Shin Yurigaoka General Hospital, Kawasaki, Kanagawa, Japan.
Rie SasakiDepartment of Neurology, Shin Yurigaoka General Hospital, Kawasaki, Kanagawa, Japan.
Futaba MakiDepartment of Neurology, Shin Yurigaoka General Hospital, Kawasaki, Kanagawa, Japan.
Junichi MizunoCenter for Minimally Invasive Spinal Surgery, Shin Yurigaoka General Hospital, Kawasaki, Kanagawa, Japan.
Midorigaoka Hospital · JPJuntendo University · JP

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Various COVID-19 vaccines are associated with numerous adverse side effects. Associations between vaccinations and neurological disorders, such as transverse myelitis, stroke, Bell's palsy, acute disseminated encephalomyelitis, and Guillain-Barré syndrome, have been reported. A 27-year-old Japanese woman presented with paresthesia four days after receiving a second dose of the COVID-19 vaccine. One month after vaccination, she started to feel left lower limb weakness, and her symptoms almost improved after two steroid pulse therapies. Spinal cord tumor biopsy could potentially help make a definitive diagnosis in clinical situations. However, it is very important to review the patient's medical history, including vaccinations received, before performing a direct spinal cord biopsy, which is invasive and does not guarantee a definitive diagnosis.

Indexed as

COVID-19methylprednisolonetransverse myelitisvaccination

Identifiers

PMID35756190
PMCPMC9217144
OpenAlexW4281662172

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