Evidence map›Paper›PMID 16923861›Full record

ReviewArchives of disease in childhood2006

Perinatal hepatitis C virus infection: diagnosis and management.

S M Davison, G Mieli-Vergani, J Sira, D A Kelly

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Review in Archives of disease in childhood, 2006. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 12 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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0cells of the map it votes in
12citing papers in PubMed, 2 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

12 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.

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  8. Chronic Hepatitis C Infection in Children: Current Treatment and New Therapies.Journal of clinical and translational hepatology · 2015
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  10. HCV transmission in industrialized countries and resource-constrained areas.Nature reviews. Gastroenterology & hepatology · 2014
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  11. Perinatal transmission of hepatitis C virus in northern India.Indian journal of gastroenterology : official journal of the Indian Society of Gastroenterology · 2012
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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

4 authors.

S M DavisonChildren's Liver and GI Unit, St James's University Hospital, Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust, Leeds, UK. Suzanne.davison@leedsth.nhs.uk
G Mieli-Vergani
J Sira
D A Kelly

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection in children is becoming an increasing challenge to health professionals. As our understanding of the disease evolves, so must our diagnostic and management strategies. In the 1990s, when HCV testing became available, children identified with HCV infection in the UK were mostly those who had required blood products, particularly those with haematological disorders. Acquiring knowledge of the natural history of HCV infection was confounded by the co-morbidity of iron overload, viral co-infection, and chemotherapy.

Indexed as

Antiviral AgentsHepatitis CHumansInfant, NewbornInfectious Disease Transmission, VerticalAntiviral Agents

Identifiers

PMID16923861
PMCPMC2082901

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