Evidence map›Paper›PMID 32572662›Full record

SynthesisLasers in medical science2021

The efficacy of fractional carbon dioxide laser combined with narrow-band ultraviolet B phototherapy for non-segmental vitiligo: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

Woo Il Kim, Sooyoung Kim, Sang Hoon Lee, Moon Kyun Cho

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In one paragraph

Synthesis in Lasers in medical science, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
5citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
1.3field-weighted citation impact, top 22% 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

5 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 20 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. The use of lasers in vitiligo, an overview.Journal of the European Academy of Dermatology and Venereology : JEADV · 2022
    Pooled it
  2. Trial
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  4. Clinical efficacy of COFrontiers in medicine · 2024
    Article
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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

4 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Woo Il KimDepartment of Dermatology, Soonchunhyang University Hospital, 59 Daesahwan-ro, Yongsan-gu, Seoul, 04401, South Korea.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7127-2992
Sooyoung KimDepartment of Dermatology, Soonchunhyang University Hospital, 59 Daesahwan-ro, Yongsan-gu, Seoul, 04401, South Korea.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0547-645X
Sang Hoon LeeDepartment of Dermatology, Soonchunhyang University Hospital, 170 Jomaru-ro, Bucheon, South Korea.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7146-3702
Moon Kyun ChoDepartment of Dermatology, Soonchunhyang University Hospital, 59 Daesahwan-ro, Yongsan-gu, Seoul, 04401, South Korea. mkcho@schmc.ac.kr.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2180-9365
Soonchunhyang University Hospital Seoul · KR

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Fractional carbon dioxide (CO

Indexed as

Ultraviolet TherapyClinical Trials as TopicCombined Modality TherapyHumansLasers, GasPatient SatisfactionPigmentationPublication BiasRiskVitiligoFractional carbon dioxide laserMeta-analysisNB-UVBVitiligo

Identifiers

PMID32572662
OpenAlexW3037643916

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Registered trials

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