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ReviewWorld journal of gastroenterology2014

Osteoporosis and fractures in liver disease: relevance, pathogenesis and therapeutic implications.

Inaam A Nakchbandi

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Review in World journal of gastroenterology, 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 62 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
62citing papers in PubMed, 2 pooled it
3.3field-weighted citation impact, top 7% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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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

62 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 104 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Osteoporosis and bone mineral density in patients with Wilson's disease: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Osteoporosis international : a journal established as result of cooperation between the European Foundation for Osteoporosis and the National Osteoporosis Foundation of the USA · 2018
    Pooled it
  2. Hepatitis C virus infection and risk of osteoporosis: A meta-analysis.Saudi journal of gastroenterology : official journal of the Saudi Gastroenterology Association
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  11. Side Effects of Immunosuppressant Drugs After Liver Transplant.Pharmaceuticals (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025
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  14. Importance of bone health in bone lengthening.Journal of the Pediatric Orthopaedic Society of North America · 2024
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  17. [Chronic hepatitis B virus infection-related osteoporosis].Zhonghua gan zang bing za zhi = Zhonghua ganzangbing zazhi = Chinese journal of hepatology · 2023
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

1 author at 1 institution in 1 country.

Inaam A NakchbandiInaam A Nakchbandi, Translational Medicine, University of Heidelberg, 69120 Heidelberg, Germany.
Max Planck Society · DE

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

It is being increasingly recognized that patients with liver disease develop bone loss that can be severe enough to lead to atraumatic fractures and thus markedly diminish life quality and expectancy. The estimated prevalence for liver-related osteoporosis is between 20-420/100000 of the general population, and fractures between 60-880/100000. It should be kept in mind that up to 40% of patients with chronic liver disease may experience a fracture. The pathogenic mediators include fibronectin, insulin like growth factor-I, and various cytokines, but decreased vitamin D and/or treatment with corticosteroids contribute to worsening bone health. Despite the advances in bone biology that have shed some light on the pathogenesis of this bone loss, treatment options remain nonspecific and tightly linked to treatments of other forms of osteoporosis. Thus, treatment should include calcium and vitamin D supplementation in all patients with chronic liver disease. Therapy with bisphosphonates should be considered, especially in patients receiving corticosteroids. This review focuses on the prevalence of this entity as well as the evidence available with regard to the pathogenesis of bone loss in liver disease, the diagnostic steps required in all patients, and the therapeutic options available.

Indexed as

AnimalsBone and BonesBone Density Conservation AgentsBone RemodelingCalciumDietary SupplementsHumansLiverLiver DiseasesOsteoporosisOsteoporotic FracturesPredictive Value of TestsPrevalenceSignal TransductionTreatment OutcomeVitamin DBone Density Conservation AgentsCalciumVitamin DCalciumFibronectinFractureInsulin like growth factor-ILiver diseaseOsteoporosisPathogenesisPrevalenceTherapyVitamin D

Identifiers

PMID25071337
PMCPMC4110574
OpenAlexW64900560

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