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ArticleBioMed research international2018

The Utility of

Hengyi Chen, Rongbing Jin, Yubo Wang, Li Li, Kunlin Li, Yong He

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Article in BioMed research international, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 16 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
16citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
0.7field-weighted citation impact, top 31% 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

16 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 18 citations in OpenAlex.

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  5. Use of 18F-FDG PET in assessing response to treatment in adults with pulmonary sarcoidosis: A systematic literature review.Sarcoidosis, vasculitis, and diffuse lung diseases : official journal of WASOG · 2025
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  7. Insights Into Hepatic Sarcoidosis: Analysis of Histological Patterns, Hepatic Complications and Therapeutic Approaches.Liver international : official journal of the International Association for the Study of the Liver · 2025
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  13. Sarcoid Uveitis: An Intriguing Challenger.Medicina (Kaunas, Lithuania) · 2022
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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

6 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Hengyi ChenDepartment of Respiratory Disease, Daping Hospital, Third Military Medical University, Chongqing 400042, China.ORCID 0000-0003-1009-6133
Rongbing JinDepartment of Nuclear Medicine, Daping Hospital, Third Military Medical University, Chongqing 400042, China.ORCID 0000-0002-9605-6396
Yubo WangDepartment of Respiratory Disease, Daping Hospital, Third Military Medical University, Chongqing 400042, China.ORCID 0000-0002-1019-5388
Li LiDepartment of Respiratory Disease, Daping Hospital, Third Military Medical University, Chongqing 400042, China.ORCID 0000-0002-0208-7475
Kunlin LiDepartment of Respiratory Disease, Daping Hospital, Third Military Medical University, Chongqing 400042, China.ORCID 0000-0001-6266-5188
Yong HeDepartment of Respiratory Disease, Daping Hospital, Third Military Medical University, Chongqing 400042, China.ORCID 0000-0003-4123-894X
Army Medical University · CN

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Sarcoidosis has significant heterogeneity involving multiple organs; treatment of the disease is a significant therapeutic challenge due to the difficulties in accurately monitoring disease activity and estimating prognosis. Fluorine-18-fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography/computed tomography (

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Identifiers

PMID29686996
PMCPMC5852891
OpenAlexW2792926359

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