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ReviewWorld journal of hepatology2020

Paraneoplastic syndromes in cholangiocarcinoma.

Saad Ur Rahman, Muhammad Khawar Sana, Zabreen Tahir, Aamir Ali, Pir Ahmad Shah

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Review in World journal of hepatology, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
7citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
3.6field-weighted citation impact, top 7% 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

7 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 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

5 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Saad Ur RahmanDepartment of Medicine, King Edward Medical University, Lahore 54000, Punjab, Pakistan.
Muhammad Khawar SanaDepartment of Medicine, King Edward Medical University, Lahore 54000, Punjab, Pakistan.
Zabreen TahirDepartment of Neurology, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA 02115, United States.
Aamir AliDepartment of Radiology, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, MA 02215, United States.
Pir Ahmad ShahDepartment of Medicine, University of Texas Health Science Center, San Antonio, TX 78229, United States. pirashah2020@gmail.com.
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center · USBrigham and Women's Hospital · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Paraneoplastic syndromes are the symptoms or signs which result from damage to tissues that are distant from the site of malignancy, due to complex interactions between the body's immune system and malignant neoplasm. Cholangiocarcinoma (CCA) is an aggressive epithelial malignancy of hepatobiliary tree and it is found to be associated with various paraneoplastic syndromes. These syndromes can present as dermatological, neurological, renal, hematological, or multi-systemic manifestations. Clinical suspicion and timely recognition of these syndromes can lead to early diagnosis of covert malignancies like CCA. The management plan remains the removal of the underlying cause which in this case is CCA.

Indexed as

Biliary treeCholangiocarcinomaImmune systemMalignancyMulti-organParaneoplastic syndrome

Identifiers

PMID33312417
PMCPMC7701960
OpenAlexW3109858591

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