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ArticleEvidence-based complementary and alternative medicine : eCAM2018

The Investigation of the Effect and Mechanism of

Fabin Zhang, Chunhui Hu, Shilei Cheng, Shulin Wang, Bin Li, Deping Cao, Haining Fan, Ruchong Pan, Mei Yang, Yanhui Xu

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Article in Evidence-based complementary and alternative medicine : eCAM, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers.

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8citing papers in PubMed
2.8field-weighted citation impact, top 10% 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

8 citing papers in PubMed, 24 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

10 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Fabin ZhangMedical College of Qinghai University, Xining 810001, China.ORCID 0000-0001-9480-9502
Chunhui HuMedical College of Qinghai University, Xining 810001, China.
Shilei ChengQinghai Institute for Endemic Disease Prevention and Control, Xining 811602, China.
Shulin WangMedical College of Qinghai University, Xining 810001, China.
Bin LiMedical College of Qinghai University, Xining 810001, China.
Deping CaoMedical College of Qinghai University, Xining 810001, China.
Haining FanQinghai University Affiliated Hospital, Xining 810016, China.
Ruchong PanMedical College of Qinghai University, Xining 810001, China.
Mei YangMedical College of Qinghai University, Xining 810001, China.
Yanhui XuMedical College of Qinghai University, Xining 810001, China.
Qinghai University · CNQinghai Institute for Endemic Diease Prevention and Control · CNQinghai University Affiliated Hospital · CN

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Echinococcosis is a worldwide anthropozoonosis which is highly endemic over large animal husbandry areas in northwestern China. The current clinical therapeutic medicine against echinococcosis is albendazole, although it caused serious side effects in patients. The component in traditional Chinese herb medicine,

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PMID29785189
PMCPMC5896210
OpenAlexW2794883281

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