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ArticleFrontiers in pharmacology2018

The Efficacy and Safety of Mainstream Medications for Patients With cDMARD-Naïve Rheumatoid Arthritis: A Network Meta-Analysis.

Weiyan Cai, Youyi Gu, Huanqin Cui, Yinyin Cao, Xiaoliang Wang, Yi Yao, Mingyu Wang

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Article in Frontiers in pharmacology, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 11 papers, 3 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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11citing papers in PubMed, 3 pooled it
2.8field-weighted citation impact, top 10% of its field
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

11 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 20 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Weiyan CaiDepartment of Pediatrics, Yantai Yuhuangding Hospital Affiliated to Qingdao Medical College of Qingdao University, Yantai, China.
Youyi GuDepartment of Integrated Chinese and Western Medicine, Yantai Yuhuangding Hospital Affiliated to Qingdao Medical College of Qingdao University, Yantai, China.
Huanqin CuiDepartment of Pediatrics, Yantai Yuhuangding Hospital Affiliated to Qingdao Medical College of Qingdao University, Yantai, China.
Yinyin CaoDepartment of Pediatrics, Yantai Yuhuangding Hospital Affiliated to Qingdao Medical College of Qingdao University, Yantai, China.
Xiaoliang WangDepartment of Pediatrics, Yantai Yuhuangding Hospital Affiliated to Qingdao Medical College of Qingdao University, Yantai, China.
Yi YaoDepartment of Pediatrics, Yantai Yuhuangding Hospital Affiliated to Qingdao Medical College of Qingdao University, Yantai, China.
Mingyu WangDepartment of Rheumatology and Immunology, Yantai Yuhuangding Hospital Affiliated to Qingdao Medical College of Qingdao University, Yantai, China.
Qingdao University · CNYuhuangding Hospital · CN

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

PubMed holds no abstract for this paper.

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DMARDsefficacynetwork meta-analysisrheumatoid arthritissafety

Identifiers

PMID29618976
PMCPMC5871709
OpenAlexW2791674022

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