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ReviewChildren (Basel, Switzerland)2023

Evaluation of Beta-Defensin 1 and Mannose-Binding Lectin 2 Polymorphisms in Children with Dental Caries Compared to Caries-Free Controls: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.

Ghazal Hemati, Mohammad Moslem Imani, Parsia Choubsaz, Francesco Inchingolo, Roohollah Sharifi, Masoud Sadeghi, Santosh Kumar Tadakamadla

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Review in Children (Basel, Switzerland), 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers, 3 of them syntheses that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
6citing papers in PubMed, 3 pooled it
1.1field-weighted citation impact, top 26% 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, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 6 citations in OpenAlex.

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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

7 authors at 4 institutions in 3 countries.

Ghazal HematiDepartment of Orthodontics, School of Dentistry, Kermanshah University of Medical Sciences, Kermanshah 6713954658, Iran.
Mohammad Moslem ImaniDepartment of Orthodontics, School of Dentistry, Kermanshah University of Medical Sciences, Kermanshah 6713954658, Iran.ORCID 0000-0002-3982-5216
Parsia ChoubsazDepartment of Orthodontics, School of Dentistry, Kermanshah University of Medical Sciences, Kermanshah 6713954658, Iran.
Francesco InchingoloInterdisciplinary Department of Medicine, University of Bari "Aldo Moro", 70124 Bari, Italy.ORCID 0000-0003-3797-5883
Roohollah SharifiDepartment of Endodontics, School of Dentistry, Kermanshah University of Medical Sciences, Kermanshah 6713954658, Iran.
Masoud SadeghiDepartment of Biology, Science and Research Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran 1477893855, Iran.ORCID 0000-0002-3586-3012
Santosh Kumar TadakamadlaDentistry and Oral Health, Department of Rural Clinical Sciences, La Trobe Rural Health School, La Trobe University, Bendigo, VIC 3550, Australia.
Kermanshah University of Medical Sciences · IRIslamic Azad University, Science and Research Branch · IRLa Trobe University · AUUniversity of Bari Aldo Moro · IT

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

PubMed holds no abstract for this paper.

Indexed as

DEFB1 proteindental cariesMBL2 proteinmeta-analysispolymorphism

Identifiers

PMID36832361
PMCPMC9955557
OpenAlexW4318478418

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