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SynthesisArchives of dermatological research2024

Using probiotics to treat acne vulgaris: systematic review.

Aleena Boby, Grace Lee, Nicole Natarelli, Lilia Correa

Abstract readSystematic Review
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Synthesis in Archives of dermatological research, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
4citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
–field-weighted citation impact
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

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

  1. Oral Probiotics inMedicina (Kaunas, Lithuania) · 2025
    Pooled it
  2. Article
  3. Review
  4. Review
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.

Aleena BobyUSF Health Morsani College of Medicine, 560 Channelside Drive, Tampa, FL, 33602, USA. aleenaboby@usf.edu.
Grace LeeUSF Health Morsani College of Medicine, 560 Channelside Drive, Tampa, FL, 33602, USA.
Nicole NatarelliUSF Health Morsani College of Medicine, 560 Channelside Drive, Tampa, FL, 33602, USA.
Lilia CorreaDepartment of Dermatology and Cutaneous Surgery, USF Health Morsani College of Medicine, Tampa, FL, 33612, USA.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

PubMed holds no abstract for this paper.

Indexed as

Acne VulgarisProbioticsHumansAcneAcne vulgarisProbiotics

Identifiers

What OpenQuestion holds

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Registered trials

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Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.