Evidence map›Paper›PMID 28078164›Full record

ReviewScientifica2016

Effectiveness of Laser Therapy in the Management of Recurrent Aphthous Stomatitis: A Systematic Review.

Min Han, Hui Fang, Quan-Li Li, Ying Cao, Rong Xia, Zhi-Hong Zhang

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Review in Scientifica, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 14 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
14citing papers in PubMed, 2 pooled it
3.9field-weighted citation impact, top 6% 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

14 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 37 citations in OpenAlex.

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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 1 institution in 1 country.

Min HanCollege & Hospital of Stomatology, Key Lab of Oral Diseases Research of Anhui Province, Anhui Medical University, Hefei 230032, China.ORCID 0000-0002-4288-1534
Hui FangCollege & Hospital of Stomatology, Key Lab of Oral Diseases Research of Anhui Province, Anhui Medical University, Hefei 230032, China.
Quan-Li LiCollege & Hospital of Stomatology, Key Lab of Oral Diseases Research of Anhui Province, Anhui Medical University, Hefei 230032, China.ORCID 0000-0002-3546-5663
Ying CaoCollege & Hospital of Stomatology, Key Lab of Oral Diseases Research of Anhui Province, Anhui Medical University, Hefei 230032, China.
Rong XiaThe 2nd Hospital Affiliated to Anhui Medical University, Hefei 230601, China.
Zhi-Hong ZhangThe Hospital of Anhui Province, Hefei 230001, China.
Anhui Medical University · CN

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

PubMed holds no abstract for this paper.

Identifiers

PMID28078164
PMCPMC5203897
OpenAlexW2565794606

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