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ArticleBiochemistry and biophysics reports2023

Nodding syndrome is unlikely to be an autoimmune reaction to leiomodin-1 after infection by

Kenneth G Kodja, Sylvester Onzivua, David L Kitara, Amanda Fong, Patrick Kim, Michael S Pollanen

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Article in Biochemistry and biophysics reports, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
3citing papers in PubMed
1.2field-weighted citation impact, top 23% 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

3 citing papers in PubMed, 6 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Nodding Syndrome: Shifting the Focus from Cause to Treatment.The American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene · 2026
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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 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Kenneth G KodjaDepartment of Pathobiology and Laboratory Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Sylvester OnzivuaDepartment of Pathology, College of Health Sciences, Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda.
David L KitaraDepartment of Surgery, Gulu University, Gulu, Uganda.
Amanda FongOntario Forensic Pathology Service, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Patrick KimOntario Forensic Pathology Service, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Michael S PollanenDepartment of Pathobiology and Laboratory Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
University of Toronto · CAGulu University · UGMakerere University · UG

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Nodding syndrome is a neurological disease of children in northern Uganda. Infection with the nematode parasite

Indexed as

EpilepsyNeurodegenerationOnchocerciasis

Identifiers

PMID37601452
PMCPMC10439352
OpenAlexW4379806113

What OpenQuestion holds

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Registered trials

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Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.