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ArticleCureus2023

A Case of Sudden-Onset Flaccid Paralysis In a Previously Healthy Person.

Femina Patel, Chris Mehdizadeh, Prashila Amatya, Parash Bhakta, Estevan Torrez Andia

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Article in Cureus, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
1citing papers in PubMed
0.2field-weighted citation impact, top 43% 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

1 citing paper in PubMed, 1 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

5 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Femina PatelInternal Medicine, University of California, Riverside School of Medicine, Riverside, USA.
Chris MehdizadehInternal Medicine, University of California, Riverside School of Medicine, Riverside, USA.
Prashila AmatyaInternal Medicine, University of California, Riverside School of Medicine, Riverside, USA.
Parash BhaktaInternal Medicine, University of California, Riverside College of Natural and Agricultural Sciences, Riverside, USA.
Estevan Torrez AndiaInternal Medicine, University of California, Riverside University Health System, Riverside, USA.
Riverside University Health System - Medical Center · USUniversity of California, Riverside · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Flaccid paralysis is a neurological syndrome characterized by weakness and paralysis of the limbs, followed by reduced muscle tone. Common causes of flaccid paralysis include blockage of the anterior spinal artery, trauma to the spinal cord, cancer, arterial disease, or thrombosis. A potential differential diagnosis in a 35-year-old male presenting with sudden-onset flaccid paralysis with no history of trauma is hypokalemic periodic paralysis. Treatment with potassium can alleviate symptoms in affected patients. .

Indexed as

flaccid paralysishypokalemiahypokalemic periodic paralysisparaplegia in youngsudden onset weakness

Identifiers

PMID37220452
PMCPMC10199825
OpenAlexW4366547831

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Registered trials

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