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ArticleJournal of veterinary internal medicine2019

ACVIM consensus statement on the diagnosis and treatment of chronic hepatitis in dogs.

Cynthia R L Webster, Sharon A Center, John M Cullen, Dominique G Penninck, Keith P Richter, David C Twedt, Penny J Watson

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Article in Journal of veterinary internal medicine, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 69 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

69 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors.

Cynthia R L WebsterDepartment of Clinical Sciences, Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine at Tufts University, Grafton, Massachusetts.
Sharon A CenterDepartment of Clinical Sciences, New York State College of Veterinary Medicine at Cornell University, Ithaca, New York.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5598-2898
John M CullenPopulation Health and Pathobiology, North Carolina State Veterinary Medicine, Raleigh, North Carolina.
Dominique G PenninckDepartment of Clinical Sciences, Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine at Tufts University, Grafton, Massachusetts.
Keith P RichterEthos Veterinary Health and Veterinary Specialty Hospital of San Diego, San Diego, California.
David C TwedtDepartment of Clinical Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado.
Penny J WatsonDepartment of Veterinary Medicine, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

This consensus statement on chronic hepatitis (CH) in dogs is based on the expert opinion of 7 specialists with extensive experience in diagnosing, treating, and conducting clinical research in hepatology in dogs. It was generated from expert opinion and information gathered from searching of PubMed for manuscripts on CH, the Veterinary Information Network for abstracts and conference proceeding from annual meetings of the American College of Veterinary Medicine and the European College of Veterinary Medicine, and selected manuscripts from the human literature on CH. The panel recognizes that the diagnosis and treatment of CH in the dog is a complex process that requires integration of clinical presentation with clinical pathology, diagnostic imaging, and hepatic biopsy. Essential to this process is an index of suspicion for CH, knowledge of how to best collect tissue samples, access to a pathologist with experience in assessing hepatic histopathology, knowledge of reasonable medical interventions, and a strategy for monitoring treatment response and complications.

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AnimalsDog DiseasesDogsHepatitis, ChronicLiverascitesbile acidsbilirubinbiopsycoagulationcopperhepaticinflammationliverportosystemic shunting

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PMID30844094
PMCPMC6524396

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