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ArticleFrontiers in endocrinology2019

Effects of Metformin on TSH Levels and Benign Nodular Goiter Volume in Patients Without Insulin Resistance or Iodine Insufficiency.

Patricia Borges Dos Santos, Larissa Nascimento Gertrudes, Flavia Lucia Conceição, Bruno Moulin de Andrade, Denise Pires de Carvalho, Mario Vaisman, Patricia de Fatima Dos Santos Teixeira

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Article in Frontiers in endocrinology, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.

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7citing papers in PubMed
1.0field-weighted citation impact, top 23% 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

7 citing papers in PubMed, 13 citations in OpenAlex.

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  5. TSH lowering effects of metformin: a possible mechanism of action.Journal of endocrinological investigation · 2021
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  7. The role of thyroid hormone in metabolism and metabolic syndrome.Therapeutic advances in endocrinology and metabolism · 2020
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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

7 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Patricia Borges Dos SantosPost Graduation Program in Endocrinology, Medicine School, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
Larissa Nascimento GertrudesPost Graduation Program in Endocrinology, Medicine School, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
Flavia Lucia ConceiçãoPost Graduation Program in Endocrinology, Medicine School, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
Bruno Moulin de AndradePost Graduation Program in Endocrinology, Medicine School, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
Denise Pires de CarvalhoPost Graduation Program in Endocrinology, Medicine School, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
Mario VaismanPost Graduation Program in Endocrinology, Medicine School, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
Patricia de Fatima Dos Santos TeixeiraPost Graduation Program in Endocrinology, Medicine School, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro · BR

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

PubMed holds no abstract for this paper.

Indexed as

benign thyroid noduleinsulin resistancemetforminthyroid nodules volumethyroid volumeTSH

Identifiers

PMID31379740
PMCPMC6656339
OpenAlexW2957123982

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Registered trials

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