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ArticleThe Journal of clinical and aesthetic dermatology2020

Efficacy and Tolerability of Topical Nicotinamide Plus Antibacterial Adhesive Agents and Zinc-Pyrrolidone Carboxylic Acid Versus Placebo as an Adjuvant Treatment for Moderate Acne Vulgaris in Indonesia: A Multicenter, Double-blind, Randomized, Controlled Trial.

Irma Bernadette S Sitohang, Yulia Farida Yahya, Rointan Simanungkalit, Dwi Retno Adi Winarni, Asnawi Madjid

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Article in The Journal of clinical and aesthetic dermatology, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers.

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0cells of the map it votes in
9citing papers in PubMed
0.9field-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

9 citing papers in PubMed, 10 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Review
  2. Comparative Profile of Microbiome in Normal Skin and Acne Vulgaris Skin Patients.Clinical, cosmetic and investigational dermatology · 2026
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  3. The Role of Dermocosmetics in Acne Management: Asian Perspective.Clinical, cosmetic and investigational dermatology · 2026
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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

5 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Irma Bernadette S SitohangDr. Sitohang is with the Division of Cosmetic Dermatology, Department of Dermatovenereology of Universitas Indonesia at the Dr. Cipto Mangunkusumo Hospital in Jakarta, Indonesia.
Yulia Farida YahyaDr. Sitohang is with the Division of Cosmetic Dermatology, Department of Dermatovenereology of Universitas Indonesia at the Dr. Cipto Mangunkusumo Hospital in Jakarta, Indonesia.
Rointan SimanungkalitDr. Sitohang is with the Division of Cosmetic Dermatology, Department of Dermatovenereology of Universitas Indonesia at the Dr. Cipto Mangunkusumo Hospital in Jakarta, Indonesia.
Dwi Retno Adi WinarniDr. Sitohang is with the Division of Cosmetic Dermatology, Department of Dermatovenereology of Universitas Indonesia at the Dr. Cipto Mangunkusumo Hospital in Jakarta, Indonesia.
Asnawi MadjidDr. Sitohang is with the Division of Cosmetic Dermatology, Department of Dermatovenereology of Universitas Indonesia at the Dr. Cipto Mangunkusumo Hospital in Jakarta, Indonesia.
Universitas Gadjah Mada · ID

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

PubMed holds no abstract for this paper.

Indexed as

drug efficacydrug tolerabilityModerate acne vulgarisnicotinamide plus ABA and zinc-PCA

Identifiers

PMID32983333
PMCPMC7492018
OpenAlexW3088751348

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Registered trials

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