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ArticleCureus2017

Concurrent Occurrence of Primary Biliary Cirrhosis and Rheumatoid Arthritis.

Stella Pak, Umar Darr, Zubair Khan, Andrew Kobalka, Zayd Safadi, Christine Dee

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Article in Cureus, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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0cells of the map it votes in
3citing papers in PubMed
0.3field-weighted citation impact, top 41% 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

3 citing papers in PubMed, 6 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Stella PakInternal Medicine, University of Toledo Medical Center.
Umar DarrInternal Medicine, University of Toledo Medical Center.
Zubair KhanInternal Medicine, University of Toledo Medical Center.
Andrew KobalkaDepartment of Pathology, University of Toledo Medical Center.
Zayd SafadiCollege of Medicine and Life Sciences, University of Toledo Medical Center.
Christine DeeWright State University Boonshoft School of Medicine.
Wright State University · USUniversity of Toledo Medical Center · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Primary biliary cirrhosis (PBC) is an autoimmune cholestatic disorder of the liver. A diagnostic serum marker for PBC is an anti-mitochondrial antibody. Most prominent histologic findings of PBC are portal inflammation and destruction of interlobular bile ducts. The PBC occurs only in 40 to 400 individuals per million in the general population. About 1.8 - 5.6% of individuals with this rare disorder have rheumatoid arthritis (RA). This case report describes a 56-year-old female with concurrent rheumatoid arthritis and primary biliary cirrhosis. The patients with RA are at higher risk of developing PBC compared to the general population. Thus, abnormal liver function test in the patients with RA, especially in the absence of alternative cause, warrants thorough investigation for PBC. Early diagnosis and treatment will improve the outcome of patients who develop PBC.

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primary biliary cirrhosisrheumatoid arthritis

Identifiers

PMID29057174
PMCPMC5640383
OpenAlexW2744514983

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