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ArticleFrontiers in pharmacology2018

The Bone-Protecting Efficiency of Chinese Medicines Compared With Western Medicines in Rheumatoid Arthritis: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Comparative Studies.

Xiao Cai, Xiu-Min Chen, Xuan Xia, Kun Bao, Rong-Rong Wang, Jian-Hong Peng, Hai-Jun Liu, Qiao-Wen Yang, Jing-Yao Yan, Mao-Jie Wang and 7 more

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

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10citing papers in PubMed
0.8field-weighted citation impact, top 26% 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

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

10 citing papers in PubMed, 16 citations in OpenAlex.

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  4. Targeting Therapeutic Windows for Rheumatoid Arthritis Prevention.Chinese journal of integrative medicine · 2024
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  9. Evidence-based complementary and alternative medicine : eCAM · 2020
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

17 authors at 6 institutions in 5 countries.

Xiao CaiThe Second Clinical College, Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine, Guangdong Provincial Hospital of Chinese Medicine, Guangzhou, China.
Xiu-Min ChenThe Second Clinical College, Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine, Guangdong Provincial Hospital of Chinese Medicine, Guangzhou, China.
Xuan XiaThe Second Clinical College, Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine, Guangdong Provincial Hospital of Chinese Medicine, Guangzhou, China.
Kun BaoThe Second Clinical College, Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine, Guangdong Provincial Hospital of Chinese Medicine, Guangzhou, China.
Rong-Rong WangThe Second Clinical College, Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine, Guangdong Provincial Hospital of Chinese Medicine, Guangzhou, China.
Jian-Hong PengDepartment of Rheumatology, Dongguan Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Dongguan, China.
Hai-Jun LiuDepartment of Rheumatology, Panyu District Central Hospital, Guangzhou, China.
Qiao-Wen YangThe Second Clinical College, Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine, Guangdong Provincial Hospital of Chinese Medicine, Guangzhou, China.
Jing-Yao YanThe Second Clinical College, Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine, Guangdong Provincial Hospital of Chinese Medicine, Guangzhou, China.
Mao-Jie WangThe Second Clinical College, Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine, Guangdong Provincial Hospital of Chinese Medicine, Guangzhou, China.
Hua YuState Key Laboratory of Quality Research in Chinese Medicine, Institute of Chinese Medical Sciences, University of Macau, Taipa, Macau.
Jin-Jian LuState Key Laboratory of Quality Research in Chinese Medicine, Institute of Chinese Medical Sciences, University of Macau, Taipa, Macau.
Yuan-Jia HuState Key Laboratory of Quality Research in Chinese Medicine, Institute of Chinese Medical Sciences, University of Macau, Taipa, Macau.
Per-Johan JakobssonRheumatology Unit, Department of Medicine, Karolinska Institutet and Rheumatology Clinic, Karolinska University Hospital Solna, Stockholm, Sweden.
Ze-Huai WenThe Second Clinical College, Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine, Guangdong Provincial Hospital of Chinese Medicine, Guangzhou, China.
Run-Yue HuangThe Second Clinical College, Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine, Guangdong Provincial Hospital of Chinese Medicine, Guangzhou, China.
Qing-Chun HuangThe Second Clinical College, Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine, Guangdong Provincial Hospital of Chinese Medicine, Guangzhou, China.
Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine · CNQuality Research · USDongguan People’s Hospital · CNKarolinska Institutet · SEPanyu District Central Hospital · CNUniversity Medical Center Utrecht · NL

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

PubMed holds no abstract for this paper.

Indexed as

bone-protecting efficiencyChinese medicinemeta-analysisRheumatoid Arthritis (RA)systematic review

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PMID30233362
PMCPMC6134841
OpenAlexW2889205077

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