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ArticleArchives of dermatological research2023

Evaluation of fractional carbon dioxide laser alone versus its combination with betamethasone valerate in treatment of alopecia areata, a clinical and dermoscopic study.

Dalia Abdel Halim, Mariam Nayer, Solwan Ibrahim El-Samanoudy, Heba Mohamed Abdel Raheem, Nanis Ragab

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Article in Archives of dermatological research, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
6citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
1.8field-weighted citation impact, top 16% 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

6 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 9 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. S3 guideline diagnostics and therapy in alopecia areata - Part 2: Therapy, psychosocial and cosmetic support.Journal der Deutschen Dermatologischen Gesellschaft = Journal of the German Society of Dermatology : JDDG · 2026
    Guideline
  2. Alopecia areata treated using COLasers in medical science · 2025
    Article
  3. Fractionated COLife (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024
    Article
  4. Review
  5. Review
  6. A comparative study of fractional COJournal of cutaneous and aesthetic surgery
    Article
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

5 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Dalia Abdel HalimDermatology Department, Faculty of Medicine, Cairo University, Cairo, Cairo, 11956, Egypt.
Mariam NayerDermatology Department, Faculty of Medicine, Cairo University, Cairo, Cairo, 11956, Egypt.
Solwan Ibrahim El-SamanoudyDermatology Department, Faculty of Medicine, Cairo University, Cairo, Cairo, 11956, Egypt.
Heba Mohamed Abdel RaheemDermatology Department, Faculty of Medicine, Cairo University, Cairo, Cairo, 11956, Egypt.
Nanis RagabDermatology Department, Faculty of Medicine, Cairo University, Cairo, Cairo, 11956, Egypt. nanisragab@kasralainy.edu.eg.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4749-1981
Cairo University · EG

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Alopecia areata (AA) is a non-scarring tissue-specific autoimmune disorder. Many therapeutic modalities are available for the treatment of AA, but none has yet proven to be uniformly effective. Fractional carbon dioxide (FRCO

Indexed as

Alopecia AreataLasers, GasBetamethasoneBetamethasone ValerateCarbon DioxideHumansTreatment OutcomeBetamethasoneBetamethasone ValerateCarbon DioxideAlopecia areataBetamethasone valerateCarbon dioxideFractionalLaser

Identifiers

PMID36114868
PMCPMC10020275
OpenAlexW4296162404

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