Evidence map›Paper›PMID 18221606›Full record

ArticleCurrent treatment options in gastroenterology2007

Hepatitis d.

Elif S Koytak, Cihan Yurdaydin, Jeffrey S Glenn

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Article in Current treatment options in gastroenterology, 2007. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
9citing papers in PubMed
0.4field-weighted citation impact, top 30% of its field
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

9 citing papers in PubMed, 15 citations in OpenAlex.

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  2. Review
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  8. Hepatitis D: Scenario in the Asia-Pacific region.World journal of gastroenterology · 2010
    Review
  9. Prevalence and molecular characterization of hepatitis D virus in Saudi Arabia: A single-center study.Saudi journal of gastroenterology : official journal of the Saudi Gastroenterology Association
    Article
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

3 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Elif S KoytakJeffrey S. Glenn, MD, PhD Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, CCSR Building, Room 3115A, Stanford University School of Medicine, 269 Campus Drive, Palo Alto, CA 94305-5187, USA. jeffrey.glenn@stanford.edu.
Cihan Yurdaydin
Jeffrey S Glenn
Stanford University · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The hepatitis delta virus (HDV) is a defective RNA virus that requires the help of hepatitis B virus (HBV) for virion assembly and penetration into hepatocytes. Thus, it can only cause disease in individuals who carry HBV. HDV infection is present worldwide, predominantly in tropical and subtropical areas. However, with increased HBV control, HDV infection has significantly declined, although stably persisting, in developed countries. Most HDV-infected individuals develop chronic hepatitis D, and in approximately 80% of those cases, chronic hepatitis D progresses to cirrhosis within 5 to 10 years. The only approved therapy for chronic hepatitis D is interferon-alpha. Although transplantation offers a safe therapeutic option for managing end-stage HDV disease, novel therapeutic approaches are urgently needed.

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PMID18221606
OpenAlexW4238064113

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