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ReviewNeurology international2024

Mechanisms of Neurosyphilis-Induced Dementia: Insights into Pathophysiology.

Aya Fadel, Hussain Hussain, Robert J Hernandez, Amanda Marie Clichy Silva, Amir Agustin Estil-Las, Mohammad Hamad, Zahraa F Saadoon, Lamia Naseer, William C Sultan, Carla Sultan and 2 more

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Review in Neurology international, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 12 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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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

12 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

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  7. Frontiers in immunology · 2026
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  8. Exploring the role of infectious pathogens in Alzheimer's disease neuroinflammation.Frontiers in cellular and infection microbiology · 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

12 authors.

Aya FadelDepartment of Internal Medicine at Ocean Medical Center, Hackensack Meridian Health, Hackensack, NJ 07601, USA.
Hussain HussainDepartment of Internal Medicine, HCA Florida Kendall Hospital, Miami, FL 33175, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-0587-9056
Robert J HernandezDepartment of Internal Medicine, HCA Florida Kendall Hospital, Miami, FL 33175, USA.
Amanda Marie Clichy SilvaSchool of Medicine, St. George's University, 3500 Great River, Islip, NY 11739, USA.
Amir Agustin Estil-LasSchool of Medicine, Ross University, Miramar, FL 33025, USA.ORCID 0009-0005-6588-4382
Mohammad HamadSchool of Medicine, Ross University, Miramar, FL 33025, USA.
Zahraa F SaadoonDepartment of Internal Medicine, HCA Florida Kendall Hospital, Miami, FL 33175, USA.
Lamia NaseerDepartment of Internal Medicine, HCA Florida Kendall Hospital, Miami, FL 33175, USA.
William C SultanDepartment of Psychiatry, Broward Health Medical Center, Fort Lauderdale, FL 33316, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-8359-7268
Carla SultanDepartment of Psychiatry, Southern Winds Hospital, Hialeah, FL 33012, USA.
Taylor SchneppSchool of Medicine, Ross University, Miramar, FL 33025, USA.ORCID 0009-0008-1608-6503
Arumugam R JayakumarDepartment of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Sciences, School of Medicine, University of Miami Miller, Miami, FL 33136, USA.ORCID 0009-0009-2115-7860

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Neurosyphilis-induced dementia represents a severe manifestation of tertiary syphilis, characterized by cognitive and neuropsychiatric impairments. This condition arises from the progression of syphilis to the central nervous system, where the spirochete causes damage through invasion, chronic inflammation, and neurodegeneration. The pathophysiology involves chronic inflammatory responses, direct bacterial damage, and proteinopathies.

Indexed as

dementianeurosyphilispenicillinsyphilisTDP-43

Identifiers

PMID39728746
PMCPMC11679807

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