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ReviewWorld journal of hepatology2014

Update on inflammatory bowel disease in patients with primary sclerosing cholangitis.

Christos Tsaitas, Anysia Semertzidou, Emmanouil Sinakos

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Review in World journal of hepatology, 2014. 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
3.6field-weighted citation impact, top 6% 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

24 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 58 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. ACG Clinical Guideline: Primary Sclerosing Cholangitis.The American journal of gastroenterology · 2015
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  3. Anti-integrin αvβ6 Autoantibodies Are Increased in Primary Sclerosing Cholangitis Patients With Concomitant Inflammatory Bowel Disease and Correlate With Liver Disease Severity.Clinical gastroenterology and hepatology : the official clinical practice journal of the American Gastroenterological Association · 2025
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  6. Choledochoscopy: An update.World journal of gastrointestinal endoscopy · 2021
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  18. Risk of Colorectal Cancer After Solid Organ Transplantation in the United States.American journal of transplantation : official journal of the American Society of Transplantation and the American Society of Transplant Surgeons · 2016
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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

3 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Christos TsaitasChristos Tsaitas, Anysia Semertzidou, Emmanouil Sinakos, 4 Internal Medicine Unit, University Hospital of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki 54642, Greece.
Anysia SemertzidouChristos Tsaitas, Anysia Semertzidou, Emmanouil Sinakos, 4 Internal Medicine Unit, University Hospital of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki 54642, Greece.
Emmanouil SinakosChristos Tsaitas, Anysia Semertzidou, Emmanouil Sinakos, 4 Internal Medicine Unit, University Hospital of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki 54642, Greece.
Hospital Venereal and Skin Diseases Thessaloniki · GR

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Patients with primary sclerosing cholangitis (PSC) complicated by inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) represent a distinct subset of patients with unique characteristics, which have serious clinical implications. The aim of this literature review was to shed light to the obscure clinical and molecular aspects of the two diseases combined utilizing current data available and putting issues of diagnosis and treatment into perspective. The prevalence of IBD, mainly ulcerative colitis in PSC patients is estimated to be 21%-80%, dependent on screening programs and nationality. PSC-associated colitis is likely to be extensive, characterized by rectal sparing, backwash ileitis, and generally mild symptoms. It is also more likely to progress to colorectal malignancy, making it imperative for clinicians to maintain a high level of suspicion when tackling PSC patients. There is no optimal surveillance strategy but current guidelines advocate that colonoscopy is necessary at the time of PSC diagnosis with annual endoscopic follow-up. Random biopsies have been criticized and a shift towards targeted biopsies using chromoendoscopy, laser endomicroscopy and narrow-band imaging has been noted. Techniques directed towards genetic mutations instead of histological abnormalities hold promise for easier, more accurate diagnosis of dysplastic lesions. Chemopreventive measures against colorectal cancer have been sought in these patients. Ursodeoxycholic acid seemed promising at first but subsequent studies yielded conflicting results showing anticarcinogenic effects in low doses (8-15 mg/kg per day) and carcinogenic properties in high doses (15-30 mg/kg per day).

Indexed as

Crohn’s diseaseInflammatory bowel diseasePrimary sclerosing cholangitisUlcerative colitis

Identifiers

PMID24799986
PMCPMC4009473
OpenAlexW2060358927

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