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ArticleMedical acupuncture2020

Efficacy of Acupuncture at the Sphenopalatine Ganglion in the Treatment of Persistent Allergic Rhinitis.

Jiao-Ping Mi, Peng He, Fang Shen, Xuan Yang, Miao-Feng Zhao, Xin-Ye Chen

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Article in Medical acupuncture, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
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9citing papers in PubMed, 2 pooled it
1.3field-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

9 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 16 citations in OpenAlex.

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  3. [A Randomized Controlled Clinical Trial of Acupuncture at the Sphenopalatine Ganglion for the Treatment of Allergic Rhinitis].Sichuan da xue xue bao. Yi xue ban = Journal of Sichuan University. Medical science edition · 2026
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  4. Acupuncture and its effect on cytokine and chemokine profiles in seasonal allergic rhinitis: a preliminary three-armed, randomized, controlled trial.European archives of oto-rhino-laryngology : official journal of the European Federation of Oto-Rhino-Laryngological Societies (EUFOS) : affiliated with the German Society for Oto-Rhino-Laryngology - Head and Neck Surgery · 2022
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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 1 institution in 1 country.

Jiao-Ping MiDepartment Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, The 5th Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-Sen University, Zhuhai, Guangdong, People's Republic of China.
Peng HeDepartment Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, The 5th Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-Sen University, Zhuhai, Guangdong, People's Republic of China.
Fang ShenDepartment Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, The 5th Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-Sen University, Zhuhai, Guangdong, People's Republic of China.
Xuan YangDepartment Traditional Chinese Medicine, The 5th Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-Sen University, Zhuhai, Guangdong, People's Republic of China.
Miao-Feng ZhaoDepartment Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, The 5th Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-Sen University, Zhuhai, Guangdong, People's Republic of China.
Xin-Ye ChenDepartment Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, The 5th Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-Sen University, Zhuhai, Guangdong, People's Republic of China.
Sun Yat-sen University · CN

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

PubMed holds no abstract for this paper.

Indexed as

acupunctureallergic rhinitisclinical effectsRQLQsphenopalatine ganglionTNSS

Identifiers

PMID32351662
PMCPMC7187981
OpenAlexW2997538972

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