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ArticleCancers2020

Serum Myostatin Predicts the Risk of Hepatocellular Carcinoma in Patients with Alcoholic Cirrhosis: A Multicenter Study.

Ji Hyun Kim, Seong Hee Kang, Minjong Lee, Gi Soo Youn, Tae Suk Kim, Baek Gyu Jun, Moon Young Kim, Young Don Kim, Gab Jin Cheon, Dong Joon Kim and 3 more

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Article in Cancers, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers.

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9citing papers in PubMed
1.0field-weighted citation impact, top 24% 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

9 citing papers in PubMed, 12 citations in OpenAlex.

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  2. Serum Proteomic Profile Based on the TGF-β Pathway Stratifies Risk of Hepatocellular Carcinoma.Liver international : official journal of the International Association for the Study of the Liver · 2025
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  4. Body Composition in Chronic Liver Disease.International journal of molecular sciences · 2024
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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

13 authors at 5 institutions in 1 country.

Ji Hyun KimDepartment of Internal Medicine, Kangwon National University School of Medicine, Chuncheon 24289, Korea.
Seong Hee KangDepartment of Internal Medicine, Wonju Severance Christian Hospital, Yonsei University Wonju College of Medicine, Wonju 26426, Korea.
Minjong LeeDepartment of Internal Medicine, Ewha Womans University College of Medicine, Seoul 07804, Korea.
Gi Soo YounDepartment of Internal Medicine, Chuncheon Sacred Heart Hospital, Hallym University College of Medicine, Chuncheon 24253, Korea.ORCID 0000-0003-3241-477X
Tae Suk KimDepartment of Internal Medicine, Kangwon National University School of Medicine, Chuncheon 24289, Korea.ORCID 0000-0003-2492-4526
Baek Gyu JunDepartment of Internal Medicine, Gangneung Asan Hospital, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Gangneung 25440, Korea.
Moon Young KimDepartment of Internal Medicine, Wonju Severance Christian Hospital, Yonsei University Wonju College of Medicine, Wonju 26426, Korea.
Young Don KimDepartment of Internal Medicine, Gangneung Asan Hospital, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Gangneung 25440, Korea.ORCID 0000-0001-9003-9862
Gab Jin CheonDepartment of Internal Medicine, Gangneung Asan Hospital, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Gangneung 25440, Korea.
Dong Joon KimDepartment of Internal Medicine, Chuncheon Sacred Heart Hospital, Hallym University College of Medicine, Chuncheon 24253, Korea.ORCID 0000-0002-5792-1500
Soon Koo BaikDepartment of Internal Medicine, Wonju Severance Christian Hospital, Yonsei University Wonju College of Medicine, Wonju 26426, Korea.
Dae Hee ChoiDepartment of Internal Medicine, Kangwon National University School of Medicine, Chuncheon 24289, Korea.ORCID 0000-0002-8956-7518
Ki Tae SukDepartment of Internal Medicine, Chuncheon Sacred Heart Hospital, Hallym University College of Medicine, Chuncheon 24253, Korea.ORCID 0000-0002-9206-9245
Hallym University · KRKangwon National University · KRUlsan College · KRYonsei University · KREwha Womans University · KR

Funding

2020 Kangwon National University Hospital NoneBasic Science Research Program through the National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF) funded by the Ministry of Education 2017R1D1A1B03031499the National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF) grant funded by the Korea government 2020R1C1C1004112the Research Supporting Program of the Korean Association for the Study of the Liver and the Korean Liver Foundation None
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

PubMed holds no abstract for this paper.

Indexed as

cirrhosishepatocellular carcinomamyostatin

Identifiers

PMID33198216
PMCPMC7697795
OpenAlexW3105273295

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