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ReviewJournal of clinical and experimental hepatology2018

Ideal Cure for Hepatitis B Infection: The Target is in Sight.

Shrihari A Anikhindi, Ashish Kumar, Praveen Sharma, Vikas Singla, Naresh Bansal, Anil Arora

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Review in Journal of clinical and experimental hepatology, 2018. 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
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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.

  1. Trial
  2. Article
  3. Mapping the Interactions of HBV cccDNA with Host Factors.International journal of molecular sciences · 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

6 authors.

Shrihari A AnikhindiDepartment of Gastroenterology, Sir Ganga Ram Hospital, New Delhi, India.
Ashish KumarDepartment of Gastroenterology, Sir Ganga Ram Hospital, New Delhi, India.
Praveen SharmaDepartment of Gastroenterology, Sir Ganga Ram Hospital, New Delhi, India.
Vikas SinglaDepartment of Gastroenterology, Sir Ganga Ram Hospital, New Delhi, India.
Naresh BansalDepartment of Gastroenterology, Sir Ganga Ram Hospital, New Delhi, India.
Anil AroraDepartment of Gastroenterology, Sir Ganga Ram Hospital, New Delhi, India.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Hepatitis B virus (HBV) is one of the most common causes of liver cirrhosis and hepatocellular carcinoma. Despite recent strides in pharmacotherapy, complete cure of HBV infection still remains an enigma. The biggest obstacle in HBV therapy is clearance of covalently closed circular deoxyribonucleic acid (cccDNA). We discuss about the role of cccDNA in HBV life cycle, efficacy and shortcomings of currently available antivirals as well as promising novel targets to achieve ideal HBV cure.

Indexed as

antiviralsccc, covalently closed circularcccDNADNA, deoxyribonucleic acidHBVHBV, hepatitis B virus

Identifiers

PMID29892183
PMCPMC5992304

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