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ReviewEssays in biochemistry2018

The biochemical basis of disease.

Alastair J Barr

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Review in Essays in biochemistry, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 13 papers.

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13citing papers in PubMed
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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

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

13 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

1 author.

Alastair J BarrDepartment of Biomedical Science, University of Westminster, London, U.K. a.barr1@westminster.ac.uk.ORCID 0000-0001-7738-8419

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

This article gives the reader an insight into the role of biochemistry in some of the current global health and disease problems. It surveys the biochemical causes of disease in an accessible and succinct form while also bringing in aspects of pharmacology, cell biology, pathology and physiology which are closely aligned with biochemistry. The discussion of the selected diseases highlights exciting new developments and illuminates key biochemical pathways and commonalities. The article includes coverage of diabetes, atherosclerosis, cancer, microorganisms and disease, nutrition, liver disease and Alzheimer's disease, but does not attempt to be comprehensive in its coverage of disease, since this is beyond its remit and scope. Consequently there are many fascinating biochemical aspects of diseases, both common and rare, that are not addressed here that can be explored in the further reading cited. Techniques and biochemical procedures for studying disease are not covered in detail here, but these can be found readily in a range of biochemical methods sources.

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Biochemical PhenomenaDiseaseHumanscancercardiovascular diseasemetabolic disordersmicrobiologymolecular basis of health and diseaseneurodegeneration

Identifiers

PMID30509933
PMCPMC6279435

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