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ArticleExperimental and therapeutic medicine2021

Dynamics of serum α-fetoprotein in viral hepatitis C without hepatocellular carcinoma.

Teodora Isac, Sebastian Isac, Simona Ioanitescu, Enyedi Mihaly, Maria-Daniela Tanasescu, Daniela Gabriela Balan, Adrian Tulin, Laura Iliescu

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Article in Experimental and therapeutic medicine, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.

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7citing papers in PubMed
1.2field-weighted citation impact, top 21% of its field
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

7 citing papers in PubMed, 12 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Teodora IsacDepartment of Internal Medicine II, Faculty of Medicine, 'Carol Davila' University of Medicine and Pharmacy, 020021 Bucharest, Romania.
Sebastian IsacDepartment of Physiology and Neuroscience, Faculty of Medicine, 'Carol Davila' University of Medicine and Pharmacy, 020021 Bucharest, Romania.
Simona IoanitescuDepartment of Internal Medicine II, Faculty of Medicine, 'Carol Davila' University of Medicine and Pharmacy, 020021 Bucharest, Romania.
Enyedi MihalyDepartment of Anatomy, Faculty of Medicine, 'Carol Davila' University of Medicine and Pharmacy, 020021 Bucharest, Romania.
Maria-Daniela TanasescuDepartment of Medical Semiology, Discipline of Internal Medicine I and Nephrology, Faculty of Medicine, 'Carol Davila' University of Medicine and Pharmacy, 020021 Bucharest, Romania.
Daniela Gabriela BalanDiscipline of Physiology, Faculty of Dental Medicine, 'Carol Davila' University of Medicine and Pharmacy, 020021 Bucharest, Romania.
Adrian TulinDepartment of Anatomy, Faculty of Medicine, 'Carol Davila' University of Medicine and Pharmacy, 020021 Bucharest, Romania.
Laura IliescuDepartment of Internal Medicine II, Faculty of Medicine, 'Carol Davila' University of Medicine and Pharmacy, 020021 Bucharest, Romania.
Carol Davila University of Medicine and Pharmacy · RO

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Viral hepatitis C represents a significant liver pathology worldwide, with a detrimental impact on national health systems. The present study aimed to correlate the levels of serum α-fetoprotein (AFP) with prognostic tools such as Fibroscan

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hepatitis C virusliver fibrosismixed cryoglobulinemiasustained viral responseα-fetoprotein

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PMID34035846
PMCPMC8135122
OpenAlexW3160118053

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