Evidence map›Paper›PMID 34805076›Full record

Observational studyFrontiers in public health2021

Short Practical Regimen of Acupuncture for Melasma: A Prospective Cohort Study in a Tertiary Hospital in Thailand.

Thanan Supasiri, Nuntida Salakshna, Krit Pongpirul

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Observational study in Frontiers in public health, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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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.

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

0 citing papers in PubMed, 0 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Thanan SupasiriDepartment of Preventive and Social Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand.
Nuntida SalakshnaSamitivej Esthetics Institute, Samitivej Sukhumvit Hospital, Bangkok, Thailand.
Krit PongpirulDepartment of Preventive and Social Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand.
Chulalongkorn University · THJohns Hopkins University · USRajavithi Hospital · TH

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

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Indexed as

Acupuncture TherapyMelanosisHumansProspective StudiesTertiary Care CentersThailandTreatment Outcomeacupuncture–therapydose–responsemelasmamelasma area and severity indexThailand

Identifiers

PMID34805076
PMCPMC8599154
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