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ArticleTaiwan journal of ophthalmology

Ashok Sharma, Rajan Sharma, Jagdish Chander, Verinder S Nirankari

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Article in Taiwan journal of ophthalmology. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
5citing papers in PubMed
1.6field-weighted citation impact, top 17% 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

5 citing papers in PubMed, 7 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

4 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Ashok SharmaCornea Centre, Chandigarh, India.
Rajan SharmaCornea Centre, Chandigarh, India.
Jagdish ChanderDepartment of Microbiology, Government Medical College, Chandigarh, India.
Verinder S NirankariDepartment of Ophthalmology, University of Maryland, College Park, MD, USA.
Ashok Leyland (India) · INGovernment Medical College · INUniversity of Maryland, College Park · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

purposeThere is a lack of studies evaluating the antimicrobial effect of riboflavin and ultraviolet-A (UVA) radiation using an epithelium-off cross-linking technique (Dresden protocol) in the literature. This study aimed to demonstrate the antimicrobial properties of riboflavin and UVA radiation and combined riboflavin/UVA radiation on various ocular pathogens Dresden protocol. MATERIALS AND

methodsThis was a prospective and comparative study. This study included four groups:

resultsThe mean growth inhibition zones following riboflavin and UVA exposure were 9.70 ± 1.63 mm for

conclusionCombined riboflavin and UVA in the clinical dose was effective against

Indexed as

AcanthamoebaCandida albicansPseudomonas aeruginosariboflavinStaphylococcus aureusultraviolet-A radiation

Identifiers

PMID37252159
PMCPMC10220446
OpenAlexW4324121157

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