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ArticleScientific reports2017

Caigui Lin, Zhiliang Wei, Kian-Kai Cheng, Jingjing Xu, Guiping Shen, Chang She, Huan Zhong, Xiaorong Chang, Jiyang Dong

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Article in Scientific reports, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 12 papers.

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0cells of the map it votes in
12citing papers in PubMed
2.7field-weighted citation impact, top 11% 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

12 citing papers in PubMed, 23 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

9 authors at 4 institutions in 3 countries.

Caigui LinDepartment of Electronic Science, Fujian Provincial Key Laboratory for Plasma and Magnetic Resonance, Xiamen University, Xiamen, 361005, China.
Zhiliang WeiDepartment of Electronic Science, Fujian Provincial Key Laboratory for Plasma and Magnetic Resonance, Xiamen University, Xiamen, 361005, China.
Kian-Kai ChengDepartment of Bioprocess & Polymer Engineering and Innovation Centre in Agritechnology, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, 81310, Johor, Malaysia.
Jingjing XuDepartment of Electronic Science, Fujian Provincial Key Laboratory for Plasma and Magnetic Resonance, Xiamen University, Xiamen, 361005, China.
Guiping ShenDepartment of Electronic Science, Fujian Provincial Key Laboratory for Plasma and Magnetic Resonance, Xiamen University, Xiamen, 361005, China.ORCID 0000-0002-0779-1859
Chang SheCollege of Acupuncture & Moxibustion and Tui-na, Hunan University of Chinese Medicine, Changsha, 410007, China.
Huan ZhongCollege of Acupuncture & Moxibustion and Tui-na, Hunan University of Chinese Medicine, Changsha, 410007, China.
Xiaorong ChangCollege of Acupuncture & Moxibustion and Tui-na, Hunan University of Chinese Medicine, Changsha, 410007, China. xrchang1956@163.com.
Jiyang DongDepartment of Electronic Science, Fujian Provincial Key Laboratory for Plasma and Magnetic Resonance, Xiamen University, Xiamen, 361005, China. jydong@xmu.edu.cn.
Xiamen University · CNHunan University of Traditional Chinese Medicine · CNJohns Hopkins University · USUniversity of Technology Malaysia · MY

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Acupuncture is a traditional Chinese medicine therapy that has been found useful for treating various diseases. The treatments involve the insertion of fine needles at acupoints along specific meridians (meridian specificity). This study aims to investigate the metabolic basis of meridian specificity using proton nuclear magnetic resonance (

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MetabolomeAnimalsBloodBrainElectroacupunctureGastric MucosaMaleRatsRats, Sprague-DawleyUreaUrea

Identifiers

PMID28754994
PMCPMC5533752
OpenAlexW2737402023

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