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SynthesisMedicina (Kaunas, Lithuania)2025

Efficacy of Specific Probiotic Strains in Subtypes of Irritable Bowel Syndrome: Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials.

Abdulrahman Saud Almalki, Norah Yhya Jaafari, Norah Ghalib Aldossari, Anwar Ayed Alharbi, Abdulrahman Abdullah Alrdeeni, Alanoud Abdullah Alshareef, Abdulrahman Abed Al-Subhi, Ammar Faisal Alsubhi, Muath Salem Alsubhi, Abdullah Almaqhawi

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Synthesis in Medicina (Kaunas, Lithuania), 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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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

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

2 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

10 authors.

Abdulrahman Saud AlmalkiCollege of Medicine, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah 21589, Saudi Arabia.ORCID 0009-0000-0933-3977
Norah Yhya JaafariCollege of Medicine, Jazan University, Jazan 45142, Saudi Arabia.ORCID 0009-0000-8443-8373
Norah Ghalib AldossariCollege of Medicine, King Faisal University, Al Hofuf 31982, Saudi Arabia.
Anwar Ayed AlharbiCollege of Medicine, King Abdulaziz University, Rabigh 25732, Saudi Arabia.
Abdulrahman Abdullah AlrdeeniCollege of Medicine, King Abdulaziz University, Rabigh 25732, Saudi Arabia.
Alanoud Abdullah AlshareefDepartment of Biology, Faculty of Science, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah 21589, Saudi Arabia.
Abdulrahman Abed Al-SubhiCollege of Medicine, King Abdulaziz University, Rabigh 25732, Saudi Arabia.
Ammar Faisal AlsubhiCollege of Medicine, King Abdulaziz University, Rabigh 25732, Saudi Arabia.
Muath Salem AlsubhiCollege of Medicine, King Abdulaziz University, Rabigh 25732, Saudi Arabia.
Abdullah AlmaqhawiDepartment of Family and Community Medicine, College of Medicine, King Faisal University, Al Hofuf 31982, Saudi Arabia.ORCID 0000-0001-6035-1230

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

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Indexed as

Irritable Bowel SyndromeProbioticsAdultHumansQuality of LifeRandomized Controlled Trials as TopicTreatment Outcomegut microbiotaIBS subtypesirritable bowel syndromemeta-analysisprobioticsrandomized controlled trialsspecific probiotic strains

Identifiers

PMID41597375
PMCPMC12842941

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