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ArticleExperimental and therapeutic medicine2019

DL-3-n-butylphthalide therapy for Parkinson's disease: A randomized controlled trial.

Haiyan Zhou, Ming Ye, Wenfang Xu, Meiling Yu, Xiaolin Liu, Yuhua Chen

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Article in Experimental and therapeutic medicine, 2019. 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.

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16citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
1.4field-weighted citation impact, top 18% 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, 26 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

6 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Haiyan ZhouDepartment of Gerontology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Bengbu Medical College, Bengbu, Anhui 233004, P.R. China.
Ming YeDepartment of Neurology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Bengbu Medical College, Bengbu, Anhui 233004, P.R. China.
Wenfang XuDepartment of Neurology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Bengbu Medical College, Bengbu, Anhui 233004, P.R. China.
Meiling YuDepartment of Pharmacy, The First Affiliated Hospital of Bengbu Medical College, Bengbu, Anhui 233004, P.R. China.
Xiaolin LiuDepartment of Neurology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Bengbu Medical College, Bengbu, Anhui 233004, P.R. China.
Yuhua ChenDepartment of Neurology, Anhui Provincial Hospital Affiliated to Anhui Medical University, Hefei, Anhui 230001, P.R. China.
First Affiliated Hospital of Bengbu Medical College · CNAnhui Medical University · CN

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Currently available treatments for Parkinson's disease (PD) do not delay or prevent disease development and progression. DL-3-n-butylphthalide (NBP), isolated from

Indexed as

DL-3-n-butylphthalideParkinson's diseaserandomized controlled trialUnified Parkinson's Disease Rating Scale motor subscale III

Identifiers

PMID30988766
PMCPMC6447885
OpenAlexW2920855683

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