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ArticleDermatologic therapy2020

Use of face masks in dermatology department during the COVID-19 outbreak.

Mohamad Goldust, George Kroumpouzos, Dedee F Murrell, Mohammad Jafferany, Torello Lotti, Uwe Wollina, Swathi Shivakumar

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Article in Dermatologic therapy, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

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6citing papers in PubMed
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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

6 citing papers in PubMed.

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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.

Mohamad GoldustDepartment of Dermatology and Allergy, University Hospital Basel, Basel, Switzerland.ORCID 0000-0002-9615-1246
George KroumpouzosDepartment of Dermatology, Alpert Medical School of Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island, USA.
Dedee F MurrellDepartment of Dermatology, St George Hospital, Faculty of Medicine, University of New South Wales, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
Mohammad JafferanyCollege of Medicine, Central Michigan University, Saginaw, Michigan, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-6358-9068
Torello LottiDepartment of Dermatology, University of Studies Guglielmo Marconi, Rome, Italy.ORCID 0000-0003-0840-1936
Uwe WollinaDepartment of Dermatology and Allergology, Städtisches Klinikum Dresden, Academic Teaching Hospital of the Technical University of Dresden, Dresden, Germany.
Swathi ShivakumarCosmetiq Clinic, Trivandrum, Kerala, India.ORCID 0000-0002-4497-7687

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

PubMed holds no abstract for this paper.

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DermatologyMasksSARS-CoV-2COVID-19HumansPersonal Protective Equipment

Identifiers

PMID32378315
PMCPMC7267171

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