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ArticleJournal of cosmetic dermatology2021

Could isotretinoin be a protective agent against COVID-19?: A dermatologist perspective.

Ayman Abdelmaksoud, Anant Patil, Recep Dursun, Selami Aykut Temiz, Erhan Ayhan, Mohamad Goldust, Michelangelo Vestita

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Article in Journal of cosmetic dermatology, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
2citing papers in PubMed
0.6field-weighted citation impact, top 29% 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

2 citing papers in PubMed, 3 citations in OpenAlex.

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  2. Structural evolution of Delta lineage of SARS-CoV-2.International journal of biological macromolecules · 2023
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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

7 authors at 7 institutions in 6 countries.

Ayman AbdelmaksoudMansoura Dermatology, Venerology and Leprology Hospital, Mansoura, Egypt.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4848-959X
Anant PatilDepartment of Pharmacology, Dr. DY Patil Medical College, Navi Mumbai, India.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9455-4025
Recep DursunDepartment of Dermatology, Necmettin Erbakan University Meram Medical Faculty, Konya, Turkey.
Selami Aykut TemizDepartment of Dermatology, Konya Ereğli State Hospital, Konya, Turkey.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4878-0045
Erhan AyhanUniversity of Health Science Gazi Yaşargil Training and Research Hospital, Diyarbakir, Turkey.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1416-2636
Mohamad GoldustDepartment of Dermatology, University Medical Center Mainz, Mainz, Germany.
Michelangelo VestitaUnit of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Department of Emergency and Organ Transplantation, University of Bari, Bari, Italy.
Brigham and Women's Hospital · USDr. D. Y. Patil Medical College, Hospital and Research Centre · INJohannes Gutenberg University Mainz · DEKonya Eğitim ve Araştırma Hastanesi · TRMansoura University Hospital · EGNecmettin Erbakan University · TRSağlık Bilimleri Üniversitesi · TR

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

PubMed holds no abstract for this paper.

Indexed as

Acne VulgarisCOVID-19DermatologistsHumansIsotretinoinProtective AgentsSARS-CoV-2IsotretinoinProtective AgentsCOVID-19isotretinoinskin

Identifiers

PMID34008285
PMCPMC8242528
OpenAlexW3163934993

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Registered trials

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