A Cross-Sectional Study of Glycemic Status and Zinc Level in Patients with Beta-Thalassemia Major.

Mohammad Ali Mashhadi, Zahra Sepehri, Zahra Heidari, Mahmoud Ali Kaykhaei, Aliyeh Sargazi, Farhad Kohan, Hanieh Heidari

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Article in International journal of hematology-oncology and stem cell research, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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0cells of the map it votes in

5citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it

0.5field-weighted citation impact, top 35% 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

5 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 6 citations in OpenAlex.

Elevated Prevalence of Abnormal Glucose Metabolism and Other Endocrine Disorders in Patients with β-Thalassemia Major: A Meta-Analysis.BioMed research international · 2019
Pooled it
Fertility and endocrinopathies among adults with β-thalassemia major treated at Dubai thalassemia center.Frontiers in endocrinology · 2026
Observational
Risk Factors for Impaired Glucose Metabolism in Transfusion-Dependent Patients with β-Thalassemia: A Single-Center Retrospective Observational Study.Hematology reports · 2025
Article
The effect of zinc deficiency and iron overload on endocrine and exocrine pancreatic function in children with transfusion-dependent thalassemia: a cross-sectional study.BMC pediatrics · 2021
Article
Endocrine disorders in Beta-Thalassemia major patients at a Tertiary Care Hospital.Pakistan journal of medical sciences
Article

4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Mohammad Ali MashhadiHematology/Oncology Department, Zahedan University of Medical Sciences, Zahedan, Iran.

Zahra SepehriInternal Medicine Department, Zabol University of Medical Sciences, Zabol, Iran.

Zahra HeidariEndocrinology Department, Zahedan University of Medical Sciences, Zahedan, Iran.

Mahmoud Ali KaykhaeiEndocrinology Department, Zahedan University of Medical Sciences, Zahedan, Iran.

Aliyeh SargaziStudent Research Committee, Zabol University of Medical Sciences, Zabol, Iran.

Farhad KohanStudent Research Committee, Zabol University of Medical Sciences, Zabol, Iran.

Hanieh HeidariZahedan University of Medical Sciences, Zahedan, Iran.

Zabol University of Medical Sciences · IRZahedan University of Medical Sciences · IR

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

PubMed holds no abstract for this paper.

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Beta thalassemiaDiabetes mellitusZinc

Identifiers

PMID29340122

PMCPMC5767286

OpenAlexW2580474971

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