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ReviewInternational journal of molecular sciences2023

Eosinophilic Fasciitis: Current and Remaining Challenges.

Diana Mazilu, Laura Alina Boltașiu Tătaru, Denise-Ani Mardale, Maria Silviana Bijă, Sermina Ismail, Violeta Zanfir, Florentina Negoi, Andra Rodica Balanescu

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Review in International journal of molecular sciences, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 23 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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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.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

23 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

  1. Pooled it
  2. Immune checkpoint inhibitor-induced eosinophilic fasciitis: A pharmacovigilance and EADV Task force study.Journal of the European Academy of Dermatology and Venereology : JEADV · 2026
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  6. [Shulman syndrome: An atypical presentation of a rare disease].Revista medica del Instituto Mexicano del Seguro Social · 2026
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  8. [Eosinophilic fascitis: A case report and literature review].Revista medica del Instituto Mexicano del Seguro Social · 2026
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  13. A Modeling Study for Hip Fracture Rates in Romania.Journal of clinical medicine · 2025
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  15. Eosinophilic fasciitis following postpartum: A rare case report.The Journal of international medical research · 2025
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  17. Recurrent Eosinophilic Fasciitis: The First Case Report.Clinical, cosmetic and investigational dermatology · 2025
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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

8 authors.

Diana Mazilu"Sfanta Maria" Clinical Hospital, Ion Mihalache blvd, 37-39, 011172 Bucharest, Romania.ORCID 0000-0002-1342-3243
Laura Alina Boltașiu Tătaru"Sfanta Maria" Clinical Hospital, Ion Mihalache blvd, 37-39, 011172 Bucharest, Romania.
Denise-Ani Mardale"Sfanta Maria" Clinical Hospital, Ion Mihalache blvd, 37-39, 011172 Bucharest, Romania.
Maria Silviana Bijă"Sfanta Maria" Clinical Hospital, Ion Mihalache blvd, 37-39, 011172 Bucharest, Romania.
Sermina Ismail"Sfanta Maria" Clinical Hospital, Ion Mihalache blvd, 37-39, 011172 Bucharest, Romania.
Violeta Zanfir"Sfanta Maria" Clinical Hospital, Ion Mihalache blvd, 37-39, 011172 Bucharest, Romania.
Florentina Negoi"Sfanta Maria" Clinical Hospital, Ion Mihalache blvd, 37-39, 011172 Bucharest, Romania.
Andra Rodica Balanescu"Sfanta Maria" Clinical Hospital, Ion Mihalache blvd, 37-39, 011172 Bucharest, Romania.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Eosinophilic fasciitis (EF), defined as diffuse fasciitis with eosinophilia by Shulman in 1974, is a disease with unknown etiology and whose pathogenesis is still being researched. The diagnosis is based on the clinical aspects (skin induration with an "orange peel" appearance), the lab results (eosinophilia, increased inflammatory markers), the skin biopsy with the pathognomonic histopathological result, as well as the typical MRI changes. The treatment includes glucocorticoids and immunosuppressive drugs. Due to severe refractory cases, the treatment remains a challenge. EF is still a disease with potential for further research.

Indexed as

EosinophiliaFasciitisHumansImmunosuppressive AgentsSkinImmunosuppressive Agentseosinophilic fasciitisShulmansystemic sclerosis

Identifiers

PMID36768300
PMCPMC9916848

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