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ArticlePediatrics2017

Is There a Role for Metformin in the Treatment of Childhood Obesity?

Paul Kaplowitz

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Article in Pediatrics, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT04267809 (Modulating Endoplasmic Reticulum Stress as a Prophylactic Approach Against Symptomatic Viral Infection), which is not on this map. Cited by 4 papers.

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4citing papers in PubMed
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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

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.

NCT04267809 phase2completednot on this mapstarted 2021, after this paper: background citation

Modulating Endoplasmic Reticulum Stress as a Prophylactic Approach Against Symptomatic Viral Infection

TypeinterventionalSponsorSingapore General HospitalRan2021 to 2023Enrolled32ConditionsEndoplasmic Reticulum Stress, Viral Infection, Yellow FeverArmsMetformin Hydrochloride, Calcium and Vitamin D
3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

4 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

1 author.

Paul KaplowitzDivision of Endocrinology, Children's National Health System, George Washington University School of Medicine and the Health Sciences, Washington, District of Columbia pkaplowi@childrensnational.org.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

PubMed holds no abstract for this paper.

Indexed as

MetforminPediatric ObesityHumansHypoglycemic AgentsInsulin ResistanceObesityHypoglycemic AgentsMetformin

Identifiers

PMID28759418

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