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ArticleBiomedical reports2020

Effect of L-carnitine on health-related quality of life in patients with liver cirrhosis.

Shinya Sato, Tadashi Namisaki, Masanori Furukawa, Soichiro Saikawa, Hideto Kawaratani, Kosuke Kaji, Hiroaki Takaya, Naotaka Shimozato, Yasuhiko Sawada, Koh Kitagawa and 6 more

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Article in Biomedical reports, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
4citing papers in PubMed
1.1field-weighted citation impact, top 21% 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

4 citing papers in PubMed, 12 citations in OpenAlex.

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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

16 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Shinya SatoDepartment of Gastroenterology and Metabolism, Nara Medical University, Kashihara, Nara 634-8522, Japan.
Tadashi NamisakiDepartment of Gastroenterology and Metabolism, Nara Medical University, Kashihara, Nara 634-8522, Japan.
Masanori FurukawaDepartment of Gastroenterology and Metabolism, Nara Medical University, Kashihara, Nara 634-8522, Japan.
Soichiro SaikawaDepartment of Gastroenterology and Metabolism, Nara Medical University, Kashihara, Nara 634-8522, Japan.
Hideto KawarataniDepartment of Gastroenterology and Metabolism, Nara Medical University, Kashihara, Nara 634-8522, Japan.
Kosuke KajiDepartment of Gastroenterology and Metabolism, Nara Medical University, Kashihara, Nara 634-8522, Japan.
Hiroaki TakayaDepartment of Gastroenterology and Metabolism, Nara Medical University, Kashihara, Nara 634-8522, Japan.
Naotaka ShimozatoDepartment of Gastroenterology and Metabolism, Nara Medical University, Kashihara, Nara 634-8522, Japan.
Yasuhiko SawadaDepartment of Gastroenterology and Metabolism, Nara Medical University, Kashihara, Nara 634-8522, Japan.
Koh KitagawaDepartment of Gastroenterology and Metabolism, Nara Medical University, Kashihara, Nara 634-8522, Japan.
Kei MoriyaDepartment of Gastroenterology and Metabolism, Nara Medical University, Kashihara, Nara 634-8522, Japan.
Takemi AkahaneDepartment of Gastroenterology and Metabolism, Nara Medical University, Kashihara, Nara 634-8522, Japan.
Akira MitoroDepartment of Gastroenterology and Metabolism, Nara Medical University, Kashihara, Nara 634-8522, Japan.
Noriyuki HokiDepartment of Gastroenterology in Bellland General Hospital, Sakai, Osaka 599-8247, Japan.
Tatsuichi AnnDepartment of Gastroenterology in Bellland General Hospital, Sakai, Osaka 599-8247, Japan.
Hitoshi YoshijiDepartment of Gastroenterology and Metabolism, Nara Medical University, Kashihara, Nara 634-8522, Japan.
Nara Medical University · JPBerurando General Hospital · JP

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

L-carnitine (4-

Indexed as

albuminantioxidant activitycarnitine profilechronic fatiguecirrhosisL-carnitine

Identifiers

PMID33149909
PMCPMC7605124
OpenAlexW3094588706

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