SynthesisFrontiers in medicine2021
Comparison of the Efficacy of Melasma Treatments: A Network Meta-Analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials.
Synthesis in Frontiers in medicine, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 17 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
What it found
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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.
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Who cites it
17 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 40 citations in OpenAlex.
- Efficacy and safety of metformin for melasma treatment: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Frontiers in pharmacology · 2023Pooled it
- A randomized, open-label study to compare two different dosing regimens of oral tranexamic acid in treatment of moderate to severe facial melasma.Archives of dermatological research · 2023Trial
- Efficacy and Safety of Picosecond Laser Combined With Sodium Hyaluronate for Melasma.Plastic and reconstructive surgery. Global open · 2026Article
- Innovations in Refractory Melasma: Mechanism-Based Management and Emerging Therapeutic Strategies.Cureus · 2026Review
- Improved clinical efficacy of melasma with combination therapy of intense pulsed light and tranexamic acid: A retrospective analysis.Medicine · 2026Article
- Efficacy and Safety of 675-nm Laser Monotherapy for Melasma in Fitzpatrick Skin Types III-V: A Prospective Pre-Post Intervention Study.Dermatology and therapy · 2026Article
- Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Treatments on Melasma Area Severity Index and Quality of Life.Pharmaceutics · 2025Review
- Fractional carbon dioxide laser assisted delivery of tranexamic acid versus ascorbic acid in the treatment of melasma: a split face comparative study with digital skin analysis.Lasers in medical science · 2025Article
- Potential Cutaneous Applications ofInternational journal of molecular sciences · 2025Article
- A Scoping Review on Melasma Treatments and Their Histopathologic Correlates.Dermatopathology (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Review
- Efficacy and Safety of Low-Fluence 730-nm Picosecond Laser in the Treatment of Melasma in Chinese Patients.Dermatologic surgery : official publication for American Society for Dermatologic Surgery [et al.] · 2025Article
- Amber photobiomodulation versus tranexamic acid for the treatment of melasma: protocol for a double-blind, randomised controlled trial.BMJ open · 2023Article
- Clinical Applications ofLife (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Review
- Skin of colour: essentials for the non-dermatologist.Clinical medicine (London, England) · 2023Review
- Comparison of the efficacy and safety of picosecond Nd:YAG laser (1,064 nm), picosecond alexandrite laser (755 nm) and 2% hydroquinone cream in the treatment of melasma: A randomized, controlled, assessor-blinded trial.Frontiers in medicine · 2023Article
- Melasma: The need for tailored photoprotection to improve clinical outcomes.Photodermatology, photoimmunology & photomedicine · 2022Review
- Update on Melasma-Part II: Treatment.Dermatology and therapy · 2022Review
Corrections and comments
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Authors and funding
6 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.
Funding
No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.
Abstract
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