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ArticleThe British journal of general practice : the journal of the Royal College of General Practitioners2025

The challenge of persistent physical symptoms.

Adrian Tookman, Jay Verma, Eva Diehl-Wiesenecker, Richard Stephens, Jennifer E McCallum, Ursula Unterberger, Steven Walker

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Article in The British journal of general practice : the journal of the Royal College of General Practitioners, 2025. 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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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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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

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

1 citing paper in PubMed.

  1. Make diagnostic doubt visible in healthcare.Future healthcare journal · 2026
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors.

Adrian TookmanChair, Forgotten Patients, Overlooked Diseases charity, London, UK adriantookman@outlook.com.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4226-5595
Jay VermaGP Principal, Shakespeare Health Centre, Hayes, UK.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0451-8793
Eva Diehl-WieseneckerDepartment of Emergency Medicine and Porphyria Clinic, Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Corporate Member of Freie Universität Berlin and Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Campus Benjamin Franklin, Berlin, Germany.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4058-9337
Richard StephensPatient Advocate, Stevenage, UK.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0760-2771
Jennifer E McCallumTranslational Scientist and Senior Medical Writer, St Gilesmedical, London, UK, and Berlin, Germany.
Ursula UnterbergerMedical Consultant, Orphanet Austria, Center for Anatomy and Cell Biology, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2233-1006
Steven WalkerHonorary Lecturer, University College London, and Director, St Gilesmedical, London, UK, and, Berlin, Germany.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1259-6396

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

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PMID41309298
PMCPMC12770851

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