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ReviewClujul medical (1957)2018

Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease: an update on diagnosis.

Dan L Dumitrascu, Manuela G Neuman

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Review in Clujul medical (1957), 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 33 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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0cells of the map it votes in
33citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
5.2field-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

33 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 56 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Acute Coronary Syndromes and Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease: "Un Affaire de Coeur".Canadian journal of gastroenterology & hepatology · 2020
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  12. Fatty Liver Disease-Alcoholic and Non-Alcoholic: Similar but Different.International journal of molecular sciences · 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 2 countries.

Dan L DumitrascuIuliu Hatieganu University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Cluj-Napoca, Romania.
Manuela G NeumanIn Vitro Drug Safety and Biotechnology; Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Iuliu Hațieganu University of Medicine and Pharmacy · ROUniversity of Toronto · CA

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

BACKGROUND AND

aimThe non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) and its sub-entity, the non-alcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH) represent a field of a tremendous progress in recent years. Clinicians need to remain updated with new data on pathogenesis and therapy. The present mini review aims to present some new scientific reports on the diagnosis of NAFLD and NASH for clinical practitioners.

methodsA systematic literature search of the main international databases was performed. We looked for seminal and innovative papers published in main international languages. A narrative review of the topic was consequently written.

resultsThis review describes new data on the diagnosis of NAFLD including NASH. Liver punction biopsy remains the gold standard. However many patients and clinicians prefer to use noninvasive methods. We present the serological tests and the imaging methods used to diagnose inflammation and fibrosis occurring in NAFLD and NASH.

conclusionsNAFLD-NASH are multifaceted entities that have to be diagnosed and treated by skilled and informed practitioners.

Indexed as

fibrosisimaginglaboratory markersnon-alcoholic fatty livernonalcoholic steatohepatitis

Identifiers

PMID29785151
PMCPMC5958978
OpenAlexW2793074980

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