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ArticleGastroenterology & hepatology2014

Hepatitis D Virus: A Call to Screening.

Joseph Ahn, Robert G Gish

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Article in Gastroenterology & hepatology, 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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8citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
0.4field-weighted citation impact, top 31% 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

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

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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 1 country.

Joseph AhnDr Ahn is an associate professor of medicine at Oregon Health & Science University in Portland, Oregon. Dr Gish is a clinical professor of medicine (consultant) at Stanford Hospital and Medical Center in Stanford, California; clinical professor of medicine (adjunct) at the University of Nevada in Las Vegas, Nevada; senior medical director at St Joseph's Hospital and Medical Center in Phoenix, Arizona; vice chair of the National Viral Hepatitis Roundtable in San Francisco, California; medical director of the Hepatitis B Foundation in Doylestown, Pennsylvania; and principal of Robert G. Gish Consultants, LLC, in San Diego, California.
Robert G GishDr Ahn is an associate professor of medicine at Oregon Health & Science University in Portland, Oregon. Dr Gish is a clinical professor of medicine (consultant) at Stanford Hospital and Medical Center in Stanford, California; clinical professor of medicine (adjunct) at the University of Nevada in Las Vegas, Nevada; senior medical director at St Joseph's Hospital and Medical Center in Phoenix, Arizona; vice chair of the National Viral Hepatitis Roundtable in San Francisco, California; medical director of the Hepatitis B Foundation in Doylestown, Pennsylvania; and principal of Robert G. Gish Consultants, LLC, in San Diego, California.
Oregon Health & Science University · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Hepatitis D virus causes an aggressive viral hepatitis with a virulent course of progression to cirrhosis and hepatic decompensation. It relies on hepatitis B coinfection for its pathogenesis and propagation. Hepatitis D virus had become the forgotten virus, with reduced public awareness, medical interest, and research support. Recently, there has been a resurgence of awareness and interest in hepatitis D, with improvements in diagnostic testing and establishment of international collaborative efforts to improve therapy. This article provides a framework to understand the impetus for increased screening as well as to identify key issues toward which collaborative efforts can be directed.

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cirrhosisHepatitis deltainterferonpegylated interferonprenylation inhibitors

Identifiers

PMID27540336
PMCPMC4988222
OpenAlexW2341600805

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