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ArticleSaudi medical journal2017

Glycogenic hepatopathy, an underdiagnosed cause of relapsing hepatitis in uncontrolled type 1 diabetes mellitus.

Ahmed A Al Sarkhy, Zafar A Zaidi, Amir M Babiker

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Article in Saudi medical journal, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 14 papers.

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14citing papers in PubMed
1.8field-weighted citation impact, top 16% 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

14 citing papers in PubMed, 19 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Glycogenic hepatopathy - An underrecognised cause of transaminitis in primary care settings: A case report.Malaysian family physician : the official journal of the Academy of Family Physicians of Malaysia · 2025
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  3. Persistent Lactatemia in Mauriac Syndrome.Case reports in endocrinology · 2024
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  6. A Case Report of Glycogenic Hepatopathy.Journal of education & teaching in emergency medicine · 2021
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  9. Glycogenic hepatopathy in children with poorly controlled type 1 diabetes mellitus.Clinical pediatric endocrinology : case reports and clinical investigations : official journal of the Japanese Society for Pediatric Endocrinology · 2021
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  13. Glycogenic hepatopathy: A narrative review.World journal of hepatology · 2018
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Ahmed A Al SarkhyGastroenterology Unit, Pediatric Department, King Khalid University Hospital, King Saud University, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. E-mail. aalsarkhy@ksu.edu.sa.
Zafar A Zaidi
Amir M Babiker
King Khalid University Hospital · SA

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Glycogenic hepatopathy is a rare condition that causes significant hepatomegaly and elevated liver enzyme levels in uncontrolled type 1 diabetic patients. It develops due to excessive accumulation of glycogen in the hepatocytes. It is typically reversible with good glycemic control and rarely progresses to mild fibrosis, but not cirrhosis.

Indexed as

ChildDiabetes Mellitus, Type 1FemaleGlycogenHepatitisHumansRecurrenceGlycogen

Identifiers

PMID28042636
PMCPMC5278071
OpenAlexW2562720645

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