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ReviewClinical and experimental gastroenterology2017

Primary sclerosing cholangitis: diagnostic and management challenges.

Sanjeev Sirpal, Natasha Chandok

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Review in Clinical and experimental gastroenterology, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 31 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
31citing papers in PubMed
2.7field-weighted citation impact, top 9% 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

31 citing papers in PubMed, 51 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Prognostic Significance of Cystic Biliary Dilatation in Primary Sclerosing Cholangitis.The Turkish journal of gastroenterology : the official journal of Turkish Society of Gastroenterology · 2026
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  13. Identification and clinical significance of nodular regenerative hyperplasia in primary sclerosing cholangitis.JGH open : an open access journal of gastroenterology and hepatology · 2022
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  16. Roles for the mycobiome in liver disease.Liver international : official journal of the International Association for the Study of the Liver · 2022
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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 2 institutions in 1 country.

Sanjeev SirpalDepartment of Medicine, Centre Hospitalier de l'Université de Montréal (CHUM), University of Montreal, Montreal, QC.
Natasha ChandokDepartment of Medicine, University of Western Ontario, London, ON, Canada.
Centre Hospitalier de l’Université de Montréal · CAWestern University · CA

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Primary sclerosing cholangitis (PSC) is a chronic immune-mediated disease affecting intra- and extrahepatic bile ducts, primarily the large biliary ducts. Clinical manifestations are broad, and the spectrum encompasses asymptomatic cholestasis, icteric cholangitis with pruritis, cirrhosis, and cholangiocarcinoma. Though rare, PSC has a propensity to affect young to middle-aged males and is strongly associated with inflammatory bowel disease. There is an unmet need for effective medical treatments for PSC, and to date, the only curative therapy is liver transplantation reserved for those with end-stage liver disease. This article addresses the diagnostic and management challenges of PSC, with a succinct analysis of existing therapies, their limitations, and a glimpse into the future of the management of this multifaceted pathologic entity.

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managementprimary sclerosing cholangitisPSC

Identifiers

PMID29138587
PMCPMC5680897
OpenAlexW2767268527

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