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ReviewWorld journal of gastroenterology2021

Update on the management and treatment of viral hepatitis.

Patricia Holanda Almeida, Celso E L Matielo, Lilian A Curvelo, Rodrigo A Rocco, Guilherme Felga, Bianca Della Guardia, Yuri L Boteon

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Review in World journal of gastroenterology, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 26 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
26citing papers in PubMed
5.9field-weighted citation impact, top 3% 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

26 citing papers in PubMed, 50 citations in OpenAlex.

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  20. Hepatitis B Therapeutic Vaccine: A Patent Review.Pharmaceuticals (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022
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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

7 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Patricia Holanda AlmeidaLiver Unit, Hospital Israelita Albert Einstein, São Paulo 05652-900, Brazil.
Celso E L MatieloLiver Unit, Hospital Israelita Albert Einstein, São Paulo 05652-900, Brazil.
Lilian A CurveloLiver Unit, Hospital Israelita Albert Einstein, São Paulo 05652-900, Brazil.
Rodrigo A RoccoLiver Unit, Hospital Israelita Albert Einstein, São Paulo 05652-900, Brazil.
Guilherme FelgaLiver Unit, Hospital Israelita Albert Einstein, São Paulo 05652-900, Brazil.
Bianca Della GuardiaLiver Unit, Hospital Israelita Albert Einstein, São Paulo 05652-900, Brazil.
Yuri L BoteonLiver Unit, Hospital Israelita Albert Einstein, São Paulo 05652-900, Brazil.
Hospital Israelita Albert Einstein · BR

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

This review aims to summarize the current evidence on the treatment of viral hepatitis, focusing on its clinical management. Also, future treatment options and areas of potential research interest are detailed. PubMed and Scopus databases were searched for primary studies published within the last ten years. Keywords included hepatitis A virus, hepatitis B virus (HBV), hepatitis C virus, hepatitis D virus (HDV), hepatitis E virus, and treatment. Outcomes reported in the studies were summarized, tabulated, and synthesized. Significant advances in viral hepatitis treatment were accomplished, such as the advent of curative therapies for hepatitis C and the development and improvement of hepatitis A, hepatitis B, and hepatitis E vaccination. Drugs that cure hepatitis B, going beyond viral suppression, are so far unavailable; however, targeted antiviral drugs against HBV (immunomodulatory therapies and gene silencing technologies) are promising approaches to eradicating the virus. Ultimately, high vaccination coverage and large-scale test-and-treat programmes with high screening rates may eliminate viral hepatitis and mitigate their burden on health systems. The development of curative hepatitis C treatment renewed the enthusiasm for curing hepatitis B, albeit further investigation is required. Novel therapeutic options targeting HDV life cycle are currently under clinical investigation.

Indexed as

Hepatitis BHepatitis CHepatitis DAntiviral AgentsHepatitis B virusHepatitis Delta VirusHumansAntiviral AgentsHepatitis A virusHepatitis B virusHepatitis C virusHepatitis D virusHepatitis E virusViral hepatitis

Identifiers

PMID34163109
PMCPMC8218370
OpenAlexW3176962488

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Registered trials

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