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ArticleCureus2023

Familial Mediterranean Fever in a 28-Year-Old Male Presented as a Painless Massive Pleural Effusion.

George Dimeas, Ilias E Dimeas, Konstantina Papacharalampous, Eleftherios Chalvatzoulis, Zoe Daniil

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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.

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0cells of the map it votes in
1citing papers in PubMed
0.2field-weighted citation impact, top 42% 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.

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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 1 institution in 1 country.

George DimeasDepartment of Respiratory Medicine, University Hospital of Larissa, Larissa, GRC.
Ilias E DimeasDepartment of Respiratory Medicine, University Hospital of Larissa, Larissa, GRC.
Konstantina PapacharalampousPathology Department, IASO Thessalias General Hospital, Larissa, GRC.
Eleftherios ChalvatzoulisCardiothoracic Department, IASO Thessalias General Hospital, Larissa, GRC.
Zoe DaniilDepartment of Respiratory Medicine, University Hospital of Larissa, Larissa, GRC.
University Hospital of Larissa · GR

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

This case describes the first patient with familial Mediterranean fever (FMF) with massive left pleural effusion as the first clinical manifestation, to whom a video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery was performed to support the diagnosis. The patient was a 28-year-old male, who presented with dry cough and dyspnea but no fever. The lab findings showed hypoxemia (partial pressure of oxygen

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colchicinefamilalfamilial mediterranean feverfmfmediterranean fevermefv geneperiodic feverpleural effusionsvideo-assisted thoracoscopic surgery (vats)

Identifiers

PMID37575846
PMCPMC10416807
OpenAlexW4384029151

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