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ArticleFrontiers in pediatrics2020

Low-Dose Corticosteroid Treatment in Children With

Liya Zhang, Lijun Wang, Shanshan Xu, Huajun Li, Caiting Chu, Quanhua Liu, Jia Zhou, Wen Zhang, Lisu Huang

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Article in Frontiers in pediatrics, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 10 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
10citing papers in PubMed
0.1field-weighted citation impact, top 45% 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

10 citing papers in PubMed, 9 citations in OpenAlex.

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  3. Clinical efficacy comparison of Doxycycline versus Azithromycin combined with Methylprednisolone in the treatment of macrolide-unresponsive Mycoplasma pneumoniae pneumonia in children.European journal of clinical microbiology & infectious diseases : official publication of the European Society of Clinical Microbiology · 2026
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  4. Macrolide-resistantFrontiers in pediatrics · 2026
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  5. [Clinical Study of Different Doses of Glucocorticoids in the Treatment of SevereSichuan da xue xue bao. Yi xue ban = Journal of Sichuan University. Medical science edition · 2025
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  7. Outcomes of Adjunctive Corticosteroid Treatment in Hypoxemic Adults Hospitalized for Mycoplasma pneumoniae Pneumonia: A Retrospective Cohort Study.Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America · 2025
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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

9 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Liya ZhangPediatric Infectious Department, Xinhua Hospital Affiliated to Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China.
Lijun WangPediatric Infectious Department, Xinhua Hospital Affiliated to Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China.
Shanshan XuPediatric Infectious Department, Xinhua Hospital Affiliated to Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China.
Huajun LiPediatric Infectious Department, Xinhua Hospital Affiliated to Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China.
Caiting ChuRadiological Department, Xinhua Hospital Affiliated to Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China.
Quanhua LiuPediatric Respiratory Department, Xinhua Hospital Affiliated to Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China.
Jia ZhouDepartment of Pharmacy, Xinhua Hospital Affiliated to Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China.
Wen ZhangCenter for Preventive Medical Sciences, Chiba University, Chiba, Japan.
Lisu HuangPediatric Infectious Department, Xinhua Hospital Affiliated to Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China.
Shanghai Jiao Tong University · CNXinHua Hospital · CNChiba University · JP

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

PubMed holds no abstract for this paper.

Indexed as

childrenlow-dose corticosteroidMycoplasma pneumoniae pneumonia (MPP)refractorysevere

Identifiers

PMID33330269
PMCPMC7720903
OpenAlexW3106551847

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