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ArticleIndian journal of dermatology

Recurrent Aphthous Stomatitis: An Enigmatic Entity and Sign of Systemic Disease.

Marcus L Elias, Mahnaz Fatahzadeh, Robert A Schwartz

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Article in Indian journal of dermatology. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
8citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
1.7field-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

8 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 12 citations in OpenAlex.

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  4. CMAJ : Canadian Medical Association journal = journal de l'Association medicale canadienne · 2025
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  5. Herpetiform ulceration in Behçet disease.CMAJ : Canadian Medical Association journal = journal de l'Association medicale canadienne · 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

3 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Marcus L EliasDepartment of Dermatology and Pathology, Rutgers New Jersey Medical School, and Oral Medicine, Rutgers School of Dental Medicine, Newark, New Jersey, USA.
Mahnaz FatahzadehDepartment of Dermatology and Pathology, Rutgers New Jersey Medical School, and Oral Medicine, Rutgers School of Dental Medicine, Newark, New Jersey, USA.
Robert A SchwartzDepartment of Dermatology and Pathology, Rutgers New Jersey Medical School, and Oral Medicine, Rutgers School of Dental Medicine, Newark, New Jersey, USA.
Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Recurrent aphthous stomatitis (RAS) is a common oral disease characterized by intermittent eruptions of painful oral ulcerations. Hippocrates first described aphthous stomatitis with the Greek word

Indexed as

and adenitis)Aphthous stomatitisaphthous ulcerBehçet's diseaseherpetiform ulcersHIVPFAPA (periodic fever with aphthous stomatitispharyngitis

Identifiers

PMID36998847
PMCPMC10043713
OpenAlexW4362458377

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