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ArticleHeliyon2021

A pilot study on the effects of transcutaneous and transmucosal laser irradiation on blood pressure, glucose and cholesterol in women.

Rosane de Fátima Zanirato Lizarelli, Clovis Grecco, Simone Cecilio Hallak Regalo, Fernando Luis Esteban Florez, Vanderlei Salvador Bagnato

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Article in Heliyon, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.

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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.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

7 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors.

Rosane de Fátima Zanirato LizarelliUniversity of São Paulo, São Carlos Physics Institute, Department of Optics and Biophotonics, Av. Trabalhador São Carlense, 400, P.O. BOX 369, 13560-970, São Carlos, São Paulo, Brazil.
Clovis GreccoIbramed Equipment for Esthetics and Rehabilitation, Av. Dr. Carlos Burgos, 2800, 13901-080, Jardim Italia, Amparo, São Paulo, Brazil.
Simone Cecilio Hallak RegaloUniversity of São Paulo, School of Dentistry of Ribeirão Preto, Av. do Café, Subsetor Oeste, N-11, 14040-904, Ribeirão Preto, São Paulo, Brazil.
Fernando Luis Esteban FlorezThe University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Department of Restorative Sciences, Division of Dental Biomaterials, College of Dentistry, 1201 N. Stonewall Avenue, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, 73117, USA.
Vanderlei Salvador BagnatoUniversity of São Paulo, São Carlos Physics Institute, Department of Optics and Biophotonics, Av. Trabalhador São Carlense, 400, P.O. BOX 369, 13560-970, São Carlos, São Paulo, Brazil.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The present pilot study had the objective to determine the effects of transcutaneous and transmucosal laser irradiation on arterial blood pressure (ABP), glucose (Glu) triglycerides (Tg), total cholesterol (Ch), high-density level cholesterol (HDL) and low-density cholesterol (LDL) immediately after treatment (T0) and after 30 (T30) and 60 (T60) days. Patients (n = 36) were selected and randomly distributed into 6 groups (

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Blood pressureCholesterolGlucoseInfraredLow intensity level laserTranscutaneousTransmucosalTriglycerides

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PMID34136688
PMCPMC8180620

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