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ArticleCase reports in hepatology2018

Hepatotoxicity Associated with Use of the Weight Loss Supplement

Jiten P Kothadia, Monica Kaminski, Hrishikesh Samant, Marco Olivera-Martinez

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Article in Case reports in hepatology, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 15 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
15citing papers in PubMed
6.4field-weighted citation impact, top 4% 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

15 citing papers in PubMed, 33 citations in OpenAlex.

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  12. Hepatotoxicity associated withWorld journal of hepatology · 2019
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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

4 authors at 4 institutions in 1 country.

Jiten P KothadiaNazih Zuhdi Transplant Institute, INTEGRIS Baptist Medical Center, 3300 NW Expressway, Oklahoma City, OK 73112, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-8555-7243
Monica KaminskiDepartment of Internal Medicine, Coney Island Hospital, 2601 Coney Island Avenue, Brooklyn, NY 11235, USA.
Hrishikesh SamantDivision of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, Shreveport, LA 71103, USA.
Marco Olivera-MartinezDepartment of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, University of Nebraska Medical Center, 982000 Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE 68198, USA.
Coney Island Hospital · USINTEGRIS Baptist Medical Center · USLouisiana State University Health Sciences Center Shreveport · USUniversity of Nebraska Medical Center · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The use of herbal and dietary supplements for weight loss is becoming increasingly common as obesity is becoming major health problem in the United States. Despite the popularity of these natural supplements, there are no guidelines for their therapeutic doses and their safety is always a concern.

Identifiers

PMID29721342
PMCPMC5867608
OpenAlexW2791575156

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