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ReviewEvidence-based complementary and alternative medicine : eCAM2016

Effects of Integrated Traditional Chinese and Western Medicine for the Treatment of Lupus Nephritis: A Meta-Analysis of Randomized Trials.

Mingli Heng, Jinli Tu, Yu Hao, Ye Zhao, Jinhui Tian, Huaien Bu, Hongwu Wang

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Review in Evidence-based complementary and alternative medicine : eCAM, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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4citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
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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

The trial behind it

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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

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

  1. Interventions for cutaneous disease in systemic lupus erythematosus.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2021
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors.

Mingli HengDepartment of Public Health, Tianjin University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Tianjin 300193, China.
Jinli TuDepartment of Language and Culture, Tianjin University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Tianjin 300193, China.
Yu HaoDepartment of Library, Tianjin University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Tianjin 300193, China.
Ye ZhaoDepartment of Chemical Engineering, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32611, USA.
Jinhui TianEvidence-Based Medicine Center, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou 730000, China.
Huaien BuDepartment of Public Health, Tianjin University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Tianjin 300193, China.ORCID 0000-0001-6616-2959
Hongwu WangDepartment of Public Health, Tianjin University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Tianjin 300193, China.ORCID 0000-0003-0449-715X

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

After a thorough search through the database as CNKI database, VIP database, Wanfang database, PubMed, and Cochrane Library, the clinical experimental articles have been selected out on the effects of Integrated Traditional Chinese and Western Medicine on the treatment of lupus nephritis. A meta-analysis was carried out in terms of clinical efficacy criteria and safety criteria by RevMan 5.3 software. Based on the results, we cautiously conclude that Integrated Traditional Chinese and Western Medicine used for lupus nephritis could improve the clinical efficacy while at same time lower the 24-hour urine protein, serum creatinine, and adverse drug reactions.

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PMID28105057
PMCPMC5220491

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