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Spironolactone versus placebo or in combination with steroids for hirsutism and/or acne

Overview of attention for article published in Cochrane database of systematic reviews, April 2009
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  • High Attention Score compared to outputs of the same age (92nd percentile)
  • Good Attention Score compared to outputs of the same age and source (70th percentile)

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Title
Spironolactone versus placebo or in combination with steroids for hirsutism and/or acne
Published in
Cochrane database of systematic reviews, April 2009
DOI 10.1002/14651858.cd000194.pub2
Pubmed ID
Authors

Julie Brown, Cindy Farquhar, Olivia Lee, Robyn Toomath, Ruth G Jepson

Abstract

Hirsutism is the presence of excessive hair growth in women and is an important cosmetic condition often resulting in severe distress. The most common cause is by increased production of male sex hormones (androgens). It is also affected by increased sensitivity to androgens in the hair follicles, and secretory glands around hair follicles (sebaceous glands). Spironolactone is an antiandrogen and aldosterone antagonist used to treat hirsutism.

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Geographical breakdown

Country Count As %
Spain 1 <1%
Unknown 120 99%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Researcher 17 14%
Student > Master 16 13%
Student > Ph. D. Student 12 10%
Student > Bachelor 11 9%
Other 11 9%
Other 22 18%
Unknown 32 26%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Medicine and Dentistry 53 44%
Agricultural and Biological Sciences 6 5%
Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutical Science 5 4%
Nursing and Health Professions 4 3%
Social Sciences 4 3%
Other 14 12%
Unknown 35 29%
Attention Score in Context

Attention Score in Context

This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 14. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 09 July 2019.
All research outputs
#2,496,394
of 25,457,297 outputs
Outputs from Cochrane database of systematic reviews
#5,033
of 11,499 outputs
Outputs of similar age
#7,891
of 107,207 outputs
Outputs of similar age from Cochrane database of systematic reviews
#19
of 64 outputs
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So far Altmetric has tracked 11,499 research outputs from this source. They typically receive a lot more attention than average, with a mean Attention Score of 40.0. This one has gotten more attention than average, scoring higher than 56% of its peers.
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