Therapeutic Approaches of Botulinum Toxin in Gynecology.

Marius Alexandru Moga, Oana Gabriela Dimienescu, Andreea Bălan, Ioan Scârneciu, Barna Barabaș, Liana Pleș

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Review in Toxins, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 10 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it

0cells of the map it votes in

10citing papers in PubMed

1.7field-weighted citation impact, top 17% 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

10 citing papers in PubMed, 28 citations in OpenAlex.

Evaluating the safety and potential activity of URO-902 (hMaxi-K) gene transfer by intravesical instillation or direct injection into the bladder wall in female participants with idiopathic (non-neurogenic) overactive bladder syndrome and detrusor overactivity from two double-blind, imbalanced, placebo-controlled randomized phase 1 trials.Neurourology and urodynamics · 2020
Trial
BoNT Injection into Temporomandibular Joint Alleviates TMJ Pain in Forced Mouth Opening Mouse Model.The Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience · 2025
Article
The Esthetic Use of Botulinum Toxins in Cancer Patients: Providing a Foundation for Future Indications.Toxins · 2025
Review
Use of botulinum toxin in aesthetic medicine and gynaecology: current approaches, controversies, and future directions.Przeglad menopauzalny = Menopause review · 2023
Review
Comparative Study of 150 vs. 200 Units of Botulinum Toxin as Treatment for Vaginismus.Revista brasileira de ginecologia e obstetricia : revista da Federacao Brasileira das Sociedades de Ginecologia e Obstetricia · 2022
Observational
Treatment of Dyspareunia with Botulinum Neurotoxin Type A: Clinical Improvement and Influence of Patients' Characteristics.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021
Article
Introduction to the Toxins Special Issue on Botulinum Neurotoxins in the Nervous System: Future Challenges for Novel Indications.Toxins · 2020
Article
Can Botulinum Toxin A Play A Role In Treatment Of Chronic Pelvic Pain Syndrome In Female Patients?-Clinical and Animal Evidence.Toxins · 2020
Review
Botulinum Toxin a Valuable Prophylactic Agent for Migraines and a Possible Future Option for the Prevention of Hormonal Variations-Triggered Migraines.Toxins · 2019
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Treatment of Vulvodynia: Pharmacological and Non-Pharmacological Approaches.Drugs · 2019
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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 2 institutions in 1 country.

Marius Alexandru MogaDepartment of Medical and Surgical Specialties, Faculty of Medicine, Transilvania University of Brasov, Brasov 500019, Romania. moga.og@gmail.com.

Oana Gabriela DimienescuDepartment of Medical and Surgical Specialties, Faculty of Medicine, Transilvania University of Brasov, Brasov 500019, Romania. dimienescu.oana@gmail.com.

Andreea BălanDepartment of Medical and Surgical Specialties, Faculty of Medicine, Transilvania University of Brasov, Brasov 500019, Romania. dr.andreeabalan@gmail.com.

Ioan ScârneciuDepartment of Medical and Surgical Specialties, Faculty of Medicine, Transilvania University of Brasov, Brasov 500019, Romania. urologie_scarneciu@yahoo.com.

Barna BarabașDepartment of Fundamental Disciplines and Clinical Prevention, Faculty of Medicine, Transilvania University of Brasov, Brasov 500019, Romania. barabas.mihail@gmail.com.

Liana PleșClinical Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, The Carol Davila University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Bucharest 020021, Romania. plesliana@gmail.com.

Transylvania University of Brașov · ROCarol Davila University of Medicine and Pharmacy · RO

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Botulinum toxins (BoNTs) are produced by several anaerobic species of the genus

Indexed as

AnimalsBotulinum ToxinsFemaleGenital Diseases, FemaleHumansBotulinum Toxinsbotulinum toxinchronic pelvic painoveractive detrusorvaginism

Identifiers

PMID29690530

DOI10.3390/toxins10040169

PMCPMC5923335

OpenAlexW2800942326

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