Table A.1.
Study | Selection |
Ascertainment |
Causality |
Reporting |
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a. Does the patient(s) represent(s) the whole experience of the investigator (center) or is the selection method unclear to the extent that other patients with similar presentation may not have been reported? | b. Was the exposure adequately ascertained? | c. Was the outcome adequately ascertained? | d. Were other alternative causes that may explain the observation ruled out? | e. Was follow-up long enough for outcomes to occur? | f. Is the case(s) described with sufficient details to allow other investigators to replicate the research or to allow practitioners make inferences related to their own practice? | Total Score | |
Abdi et al., 2020 | YES | YES | YES | YES | NO | YES | 5 |
Abdel-Mannan et al., 2020 | YES | YES | YES | YES | NO | NO | 4 |
Assunção et al., 2020 | YES | NO | YES | NO | NO | NO | 2 |
De Miranda Henriques-Souza et al., 2021 | YES | YES | YES | YES | NO | YES | 5 |
Dominguez-Rojas et al., 2020 | YES | NO | YES | YES | NO | YES | 4 |
El Beltagi et al., 2021 | YES | YES | YES | NO | NO | NO | 3 |
Espíndola et al., 2021 | NO | YES | NO | YES | NO | NO | 2 |
Freire-Álvarez et al., 2020 | YES | YES | YES | YES | NO | YES | 5 |
Kumar et al., 2020 | YES | YES | YES | YES | NO | YES | 5 |
Langley et al., 2020 | YES | YES | YES | NO | NO | YES | 4 |
Lindan et al., 2020 | YES | NO | YES | NO | NO | NO | 2 |
Lopes et al., 2020 | YES | YES | YES | NO | NO | NO | 3 |
McCuddy et al., 2020 | YES | YES | YES | YES | NO | YES | 5 |
Parsons et al., 2020 | YES | YES | YES | YES | NO | YES | 5 |
Paterson et al., 2020 | NO | NO | NO | YES | NO | NO | 1 |
Pilotto et al., 2021 | YES | YES | YES | YES | NO | NO | 4 |
Umapathi et al., 2020 | YES | YES | YES | YES | NO | YES | 5 |
Utukuri et al., 2020 | YES | YES | YES | YES | NO | YES | 5 |
Present Case | YES | NO | YES | YES | NO | YES | 4 |