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ArticleGastroenterology & hepatology2018

Primary Sclerosing Cholangitis, Part 1: Epidemiology, Etiopathogenesis, Clinical Features, and Treatment.

James H Tabibian, Ahmad H Ali, Keith D Lindor

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Article in Gastroenterology & hepatology, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 31 papers.

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31citing papers in PubMed
3.6field-weighted citation impact, top 5% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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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

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

31 citing papers in PubMed, 55 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

3 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

James H TabibianDr Tabibian is an associate professor in the Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA in Los Angeles, California and director of endoscopy in the Department of Medicine at Olive View-UCLA Medical Center in Sylmar, California. Dr Ali is a research fellow in the Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology at Mayo Clinic in Phoenix, Arizona. Dr Lindor is a professor of medicine in the Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology at Mayo Clinic and senior advisor to the provost at Arizona State University in Phoenix, Arizona.
Ahmad H AliDr Tabibian is an associate professor in the Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA in Los Angeles, California and director of endoscopy in the Department of Medicine at Olive View-UCLA Medical Center in Sylmar, California. Dr Ali is a research fellow in the Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology at Mayo Clinic in Phoenix, Arizona. Dr Lindor is a professor of medicine in the Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology at Mayo Clinic and senior advisor to the provost at Arizona State University in Phoenix, Arizona.
Keith D LindorDr Tabibian is an associate professor in the Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA in Los Angeles, California and director of endoscopy in the Department of Medicine at Olive View-UCLA Medical Center in Sylmar, California. Dr Ali is a research fellow in the Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology at Mayo Clinic in Phoenix, Arizona. Dr Lindor is a professor of medicine in the Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology at Mayo Clinic and senior advisor to the provost at Arizona State University in Phoenix, Arizona.
Mayo Clinic in Arizona · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Primary sclerosing cholangitis (PSC) is a chronic, idiopathic cholangiopathy that can progress to cirrhosis, end-stage liver disease, hepatobiliary cancer, and/or colorectal cancer. The course of PSC is often complicated by portal hypertension, symptoms of cholestasis, and recurrent bacterial cholangitis, among other conditions, with a consequent decrease in survival (median, approximately 20 years) and quality of life. The etiopathogenesis of PSC remains poorly understood, and, as such, pharmacotherapy has yet to be definitively established. Despite its rarity, PSC is the fifth leading indication for liver transplantation (LT) in the United States. Although the only intervention known to extend survival of patients with PSC, LT is costly and invasive, and recurrent PSC affects approximately 30% of LT recipients. Over the past several years, owing in part to progress in the understanding of PSC, novel pharmacotherapeutics have been developed, some of which are currently in the PSC clinical trial pipeline. Here, in the first of a 2-part series, we provide a review and update of the epidemiology, etiopathogenesis, clinical features, and treatment of PSC. The second part of the series will focus on cancer risk, prevention, and surveillance of PSC.

Indexed as

cirrhosiscolorectal cancerhepatobiliary cancerinflammatory bowel diseaseliver transplantationmicrobiomePrimary sclerosing cholangitis

Identifiers

PMID29991937
PMCPMC6034608
OpenAlexW2890157559

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