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ReviewCanadian journal of gastroenterology = Journal canadien de gastroenterologie2010

Autoantibodies and liver disease: uses and abuses.

Marilyn V Zeman, Gideon M Hirschfield

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Review in Canadian journal of gastroenterology = Journal canadien de gastroenterologie, 2010. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 24 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
24citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
0.7field-weighted citation impact, top 30% 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

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

24 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 72 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Guideline
  2. Drug-Induced Liver Injury-Pharmacological Spectrum Among Children.International journal of molecular sciences · 2025
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  10. Autoantibodies: are they a clue for liver diseases?Clinical and experimental hepatology · 2022
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  11. Positive autoantibodies in living liver donors.World journal of hepatology · 2022
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  15. Potential Involvement ofPathogens (Basel, Switzerland) · 2019
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  20. Gastrointestinal Manifestations of Systemic Sclerosis.Rheumatology (Sunnyvale, Calif.) · 2018
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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

2 authors at 1 institution in 2 countries.

Marilyn V ZemanLiver Centre, Toronto Western Hospital/University Health Network and the Department of Medicine, University of Toronto, Ontario.
Gideon M Hirschfield
Toronto Western Hospital · CA

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Confirming whether a patient has autoimmune liver disease is challenging, given its varied presentation and complex definitions. In the continued absence of pathognomonic serum markers, diagnosis requires evaluation of laboratory investigations and, frequently, a liver biopsy - all of which need to be interpreted in the correct clinical context, with an emphasis on exclusion of viral infections, drug toxicity and metabolic disease. However, clear diagnosis is important for appropriate and timely therapy. Autoantibodies remain important tools for clinicians, and were the first proposed serological markers to aid in differentiating viral from chronic autoimmune hepatitis. Their presence is occasionally considered to be synonymous with autoimmune liver disease - a misinterpretation of their clinical significance. The present article summarizes the serum autoantibodies currently investigated in clinical and research practice, along with a description of their value in adult chronic liver diseases, with an emphasis on their appropriate use in the diagnosis and management of patients with autoimmune liver disease.

Indexed as

AutoantibodiesHepatitis, AutoimmuneHumansImmunotherapyLiver DiseasesLiver TransplantationAutoantibodies

Identifiers

PMID20431809
PMCPMC2864616
OpenAlexW179809976

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