Potential Effect of Hydroxychloroquine in Diabetes Mellitus: A Systematic Review on Preclinical and Clinical Trial Studies
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Techniques of extraction and key terms used during data extraction of articles.
Databases and search terms used to extract all available and relevant articles
Number of articles retrieved ()
PubMed
(1) “Diabetes mellitus [Mesh] OR diabetes mellitus[Tw]”
(2) “Hyperglycemia [Mesh] OR hyperglycemia[Tw]”
(3) “Insulin resistance [Mesh] OR insulin resistance[Tw]”
(4) “Hydroxychloroquine [Mesh] OR hydroxychloroquine[Tw]”
Then, search for (#1 OR #2 OR #3 AND #4)
Scopus
“Diabetes mellitus” OR “hyperglycemia” AND “hydroxychloroquine”
Clinicaltrials.gov: condition “diabetes mellitus,” other terms “hydroxychloroquine”
Gray kinds of literature searching (Google Scholar and regular Google Engine) (1) Antidiabetic activity of hydroxychloroquine OR diabetes mellitus and hydroxychloroquine (2) Antihyperglycemic effect of hydroxychloroquine OR hyperglycemia and hydroxychloroquine
