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ArticleOncotarget2018

Vitamin D receptor

Shaosan Kang, Yansheng Zhao, Lei Wang, Jian Liu, Xi Chen, Xiaofeng Liu, Zhijie Shi, Weixing Gao, Fenghong Cao

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Article in Oncotarget, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
4citing papers in PubMed
0.7field-weighted citation impact, top 27% 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

4 citing papers in PubMed, 9 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 1 country.

Shaosan Kang *Department of Urology, North China University of Science and Technology Affiliated Hospital, Tangshan 063000, China.
Yansheng Zhao *Department of Imaging, KaiLuan General Hospital, Tangshan 063000, China.
Lei WangDepartment of Urology, North China University of Science and Technology Affiliated Hospital, Tangshan 063000, China.
Jian LiuDepartment of Urology, North China University of Science and Technology Affiliated Hospital, Tangshan 063000, China.
Xi ChenDepartment of Urology, North China University of Science and Technology Affiliated Hospital, Tangshan 063000, China.
Xiaofeng LiuDepartment of Surgery, LaoTing Traditional Chinese Medicine Hospital, Tangshan 063600, China.
Zhijie ShiDepartment of Urology, TangShan Gongren Hospital, Tangshan 063000, China.
Weixing GaoDepartment of Urology, North China University of Science and Technology Affiliated Hospital, Tangshan 063000, China.
Fenghong CaoDepartment of Urology, North China University of Science and Technology Affiliated Hospital, Tangshan 063000, China.
North China University of Science and Technology Affiliated Hospital · CNKailuan General Hospital · CNShanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine · CNTangshan Gongren Hospital · CN

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Numerous previous studies reported the association of Vitamin D receptor gene

Indexed as

meta-analysispolymorphismsprostate cancerTaq Ivitamin D receptor

Identifiers

PMID29467956
PMCPMC5805542
OpenAlexW2779573780

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