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ArticleOxford medical case reports2021

Dupilumab: a new contestant to corticosteroid in allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis.

Muhammad Ali, O'Neil Green

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Article in Oxford medical case reports, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
7citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
0.8field-weighted citation impact, top 25% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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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

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

7 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 16 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Biologic drugs in treating allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis in patients with cystic fibrosis: a systematic review.European respiratory review : an official journal of the European Respiratory Society · 2022
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  3. Treatment of allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis with biologics.Chinese medical journal pulmonary and critical care medicine · 2025
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Muhammad AliDepartment of Internal Medicine, Pulmonary and Critical Care Section, Baystate Medical Center - University of Massachusetts Medical School, Springfield, MA, USA.
O'Neil GreenDepartment of Internal Medicine, Pulmonary and Critical Care Section, Baystate Medical Center - University of Massachusetts Medical School, Springfield, MA, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-5126-6747
Baystate Medical Center · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis (ABPA) is a disease characterized by severe disability with recurrent wheezing and shortness of breath. The current recommended therapy is daily oral corticosteroids +/- oral antifungal therapy. Despite this, many patients continue to have severe symptoms, and others require fairly high daily oral corticosteroid dosing to achieve control, which in turn may induce the well-known effects of long term steroid use. The anti-interleukin drugs have been reported to help improve daily symptoms and reduce steroid requirements. Much of the literature highlights the benefit of omalizumab. We present a case of dupilumab as add-on therapy in a patient with ABPA, which allowed us to reduce daily steroid dosage.

Identifiers

PMID33948179
PMCPMC8081018
OpenAlexW3158915244

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