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ReviewHepatic medicine : evidence and research2022

Polycystic Liver Disease: Pathophysiology, Diagnosis and Treatment.

Luiz Fernando Norcia, Erika Mayumi Watanabe, Pedro Tadao Hamamoto Filho, Claudia Nishida Hasimoto, Leonardo Pelafsky, Walmar Kerche de Oliveira, Ligia Yukie Sassaki

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Review in Hepatic medicine : evidence and research, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 15 papers.

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0cells of the map it votes in
15citing papers in PubMed
3.9field-weighted citation impact, top 6% 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

15 citing papers in PubMed, 26 citations in OpenAlex.

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  7. Therapies in autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease: beyond tolvaptan.Current opinion in nephrology and hypertension · 2025
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  12. Isolated polycystic liver disease in a child.International journal of surgery case reports · 2023
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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.

Luiz Fernando NorciaDepartment of Surgery, São Paulo State University (Unesp), Medical School, Botucatu, São Paulo, Brazil.ORCID 0000-0002-7892-9659
Erika Mayumi WatanabeDepartment of Radiology, São Paulo State University (Unesp), Medical School, Botucatu, São Paulo, Brazil.
Pedro Tadao Hamamoto FilhoDepartment of Neurology, Psychology and Psychiatry, São Paulo State University (Unesp), Medical School, Botucatu, São Paulo, Brazil.ORCID 0000-0001-6436-9307
Claudia Nishida HasimotoDepartment of Surgery, São Paulo State University (Unesp), Medical School, Botucatu, São Paulo, Brazil.
Leonardo PelafskyDepartment of Surgery, São Paulo State University (Unesp), Medical School, Botucatu, São Paulo, Brazil.
Walmar Kerche de OliveiraDepartment of Surgery, São Paulo State University (Unesp), Medical School, Botucatu, São Paulo, Brazil.ORCID 0000-0003-3491-441X
Ligia Yukie SassakiDepartment of Internal Medicine, São Paulo State University (Unesp), Medical School, Botucatu, São Paulo, Brazil.ORCID 0000-0002-7319-8906
Universidade Estadual Paulista (Unesp) · BR

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Polycystic liver disease (PLD) is a clinical condition characterized by the presence of more than 10 cysts in the liver. It is a rare disease Of genetic etiology that presents as an isolated disease or assoc\iated with polycystic kidney disease. Ductal plate malformation, ciliary dysfunction, and changes in cell signaling are the main factors involved in its pathogenesis. Most patients with PLD are asymptomatic, but in 2-5% of cases the disease has disabling symptoms and a significant reduction in quality of life. The diagnosis is based on family history of hepatic and/or renal polycystic disease, clinical manifestations, patient age, and polycystic liver phenotype shown on imaging examinations. PLD treatment has evolved considerably in the last decades. Somatostatin analogues hold promise in controlling disease progression, but liver transplantation remains a unique curative treatment modality.

Indexed as

hepatomegalyliverliver cystspolycystic liver diseasetherapeutics

Identifiers

PMID36200122
PMCPMC9528914
OpenAlexW4297536373

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