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ArticleThe Journal of clinical and aesthetic dermatology2020

Macrophage Migration Inhibitory Factor in Alopecia Areata and Vitiligo: A Case-Controlled Serological Study.

Fatma Eldesouky, Al-Shimaa M Ibrahim, Samar M Sharaf

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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 7 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
7citing papers in PubMed
0.5field-weighted citation impact, top 37% 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

7 citing papers in PubMed, 9 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Review
  2. Article
  3. Review
  4. Pathogenesis of Alopecia Areata and Vitiligo: Commonalities and Differences.International journal of molecular sciences · 2024
    Review
  5. Review
  6. The Immunogenetics of Alopecia areata.Advances in experimental medicine and biology · 2022
    Article
  7. Association AmongClinical, cosmetic and investigational dermatology · 2022
    Article
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

3 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Fatma EldesoukyDrs. Eldesouky, Ibrahim, and Sharaf are with the Faculty of Medicine at Zagazig University in Egypt.
Al-Shimaa M IbrahimDrs. Eldesouky, Ibrahim, and Sharaf are with the Faculty of Medicine at Zagazig University in Egypt.
Samar M SharafDrs. Eldesouky, Ibrahim, and Sharaf are with the Faculty of Medicine at Zagazig University in Egypt.
Zagazig University · EG

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

PubMed holds no abstract for this paper.

Indexed as

alopeciaimmunoregulatory cytokinesMacrophage migration inhibitory factorMIFvitiligo vulgaris

Identifiers

PMID33584953
PMCPMC7840085
OpenAlexW3132496467

What OpenQuestion holds

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Registered trials

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Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.