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SynthesisFrontiers in pharmacology2024

Efficacy and safety of traditional Chinese medicine decoction as an adjuvant treatment for diabetic nephropathy: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials.

Shuyu Zheng, Yunxi Xu, Ya Zhang, Caiyi Long, Guo Chen, Zhao Jin, Shui Jiang, Junyu Chen, Yulian Qin

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Synthesis in Frontiers in pharmacology, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 10 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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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

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

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  9. Research on TCM Comprehensive Treatment of DKD Based on Pathophysiological Mechanism.Diabetes, metabolic syndrome and obesity : targets and therapy · 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

9 authors.

Shuyu ZhengDepartment of Clinical Medicine, Chengdu University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Chengdu, China.
Yunxi XuDepartment of Clinical Medicine, Chengdu University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Chengdu, China.
Ya ZhangDepartment of Endocrinology, Affiliated Hospital of Chengdu University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Chengdu, China.
Caiyi LongDepartment of Clinical Medicine, Chengdu University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Chengdu, China.
Guo ChenDepartment of Infectious Diseases, Affiliated Hospital of Chengdu University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Chengdu, China.
Zhao JinChengdu University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Chengdu, China.
Shui JiangGood Clinical Practice Department, Chengdu Jingdongfang Hospital, Chengdu, China.
Junyu ChenDepartment of Clinical Medicine, Chengdu University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Chengdu, China.
Yulian QinDepartment of Clinical Medicine, Chengdu University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Chengdu, China.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

PubMed holds no abstract for this paper.

Indexed as

adjuvant therapyChinese medicine decoctiondiabetic nephropathymeta-analysistraditional Chinese medicine

Identifiers

PMID38783937
PMCPMC11111926

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