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ArticleExperimental and therapeutic medicine2016

Effects of transcutaneous acupoint electrical stimulation on the imbalance of Th

Huaxing Wu, Kun Wang, Guixian Li, Dexin Meng, Jiacheng Han, Guonian Wang, Y U Li

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Article in Experimental and therapeutic medicine, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 16 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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16citing papers in PubMed, 2 pooled it
3.6field-weighted citation impact, top 8% of its field
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

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

16 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 23 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 4 institutions in 1 country.

Huaxing WuSchool of Life Science and Technology, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin, Heilongjiang 150080, P.R. China; Department of Clinical Oncology, Cancer Hospital, Harbin Medical University, Harbin, Heilongjiang 150081, P.R. China.
Kun WangDepartment of Anesthesiology, Cancer Hospital, Harbin Medical University, Harbin, Heilongjiang 150081, P.R. China.
Guixian LiDepartment of Mechanical Design and Theory, School of Mechatronics Engineering, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin, Heilongjiang 150001, P.R. China.
Dexin MengDepartment of Clinical Oncology, Cancer Hospital, Harbin Medical University, Harbin, Heilongjiang 150081, P.R. China.
Jiacheng HanDepartment of Clinical Oncology, Cancer Hospital, Harbin Medical University, Harbin, Heilongjiang 150081, P.R. China.
Guonian WangDepartment of Anesthesiology, Cancer Hospital, Harbin Medical University, Harbin, Heilongjiang 150081, P.R. China.
Y U LiSchool of Life Science and Technology, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin, Heilongjiang 150080, P.R. China.
Harbin Medical University · CNHarbin Institute of Technology · CNHeilongjiang Institute of Technology · CNThird Affiliated Hospital of Harbin Medical University · CN

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

An imbalance in the various T lymphocytes, including T-helper (Th)

Indexed as

immunitylung cancerregulatory T cellsT-helpertranscutaneous acupoint electrical stimulation

Identifiers

PMID26893636
PMCPMC4734236
OpenAlexW2181750245

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