Evidence map›Paper›PMID 32339778›Full record

ArticleMedical hypotheses2020

Dapsone and doxycycline could be potential treatment modalities for COVID-19.

Ahmed Farouk, Samar Salman

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Article in Medical hypotheses, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 23 papers.

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0cells of the map it votes in
23citing papers in PubMed
7.7field-weighted citation impact, top 2% 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

23 citing papers in PubMed, 45 citations in OpenAlex.

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  15. Where are we with understanding of COVID-19?Advances in biological regulation · 2020
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  16. Where are we with understanding of COVID-19?Advances in biological regulation · 2020
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  17. Journal der Deutschen Dermatologischen Gesellschaft = Journal of the German Society of Dermatology : JDDG · 2020
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  18. COVID-19 and immunological regulations - from basic and translational aspects to clinical implications.Journal der Deutschen Dermatologischen Gesellschaft = Journal of the German Society of Dermatology : JDDG · 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

2 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Ahmed FaroukDepartment of Dermatology and Venereology, Kafr Elsheikh General Hospital, Kafr El Sheikh City 31155, Egypt.
Samar SalmanDepartment of Dermatology and Venereology, Tanta University Hospital, Faculty of Medicine, Tanta University, Tanta, Egypt.
Kafrelsheikh University · EGTanta University Hospital · EG

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

PubMed holds no abstract for this paper.

Indexed as

BetacoronavirusPandemicsAnti-Inflammatory AgentsChemotaxis, LeukocyteCoronavirus InfectionsCOVID-19COVID-19 Drug TreatmentCytokine Release SyndromeDapsoneDoxycyclineHumansNeutrophilsPneumonia, ViralPulmonary FibrosisSARS-CoV-2Th1 CellsAnti-Inflammatory AgentsDapsoneDoxycycline

Identifiers

PMID32339778
PMCPMC7175857
OpenAlexW3018042674

What OpenQuestion holds

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Registered trials

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