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ReviewJournal of clinical and experimental hepatology

Spectrum, Screening, and Diagnosis of Alcohol-related Liver Disease.

Maria Hernandez-Tejero, Ana Clemente-Sanchez, Ramon Bataller

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Review in Journal of clinical and experimental hepatology. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 14 papers.

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14citing papers in PubMed
4.4field-weighted citation impact, top 4% 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

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.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

14 citing papers in PubMed, 30 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Maria Hernandez-TejeroLiver Unit, Hospital Clinic, Institut d'Investigacions Biomèdiques August Pi i Sunyer (IDIBAPS), Barcelona, Spain.
Ana Clemente-SanchezLiver Unit, Digestive Department, Hospital General Universitario Gregorio Marañón, Complutense University of Madrid, CIBERehd, Madrid, Spain.
Ramon BatallerLiver Unit, Hospital Clinic, Institut d'Investigacions Biomèdiques August Pi i Sunyer (IDIBAPS), Barcelona, Spain.
University of Pittsburgh Medical Center · USUniversidad Complutense de Madrid · ES

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Alcohol-related liver disease (ALD) represents one of the leading causes of chronic liver disease and is a major cause of liver-related deaths worldwide. ALD encompasses a range of disorders including simple steatosis, alcoholic steatohepatitis, fibrosis, cirrhosis, and hepatocellular carcinoma. Patients with underlying ALD and continued heavy alcohol consumption can also develop an episode of acute-on-chronic liver injury called alcohol-associated hepatitis, the most severe form of the disease, which portends a poor prognosis. The most important risk factor for the development of ALD is the amount of alcohol consumed. Individual susceptibility to progression to advanced fibrosis among heavy drinkers is likely determined by a combination of behavioral, environmental, genetic, and epigenetic factors, but the mechanisms are largely unknown. The only effective therapy for ALD is prolonged alcohol abstinence. Diagnosis of ALD involves assessing patients for alcohol use disorder and signs of advanced liver disease. In clinical practice, the histological assessment for ALD diagnosis is uncommon, and it is usually based on the medical history, clinical manifestations, and laboratory and imaging tests. Several promising biomarkers that can have both diagnostic and prognostic value in patients with ALD have been identified in recent years. This review provides an overview of the clinical spectrum of ALD, the diagnostic approach of the disease from different perspectives as well as current diagnostic and prognostic biomarkers.

Indexed as

AH, alcohol-associated hepatitisalcohol-associated hepatitisalcoholic steatohepatitisalcohol-related liver cirrhosisalcohol-related liver diseaseALD, alcohol-related liver diseaseASH, alcoholic steatohepatitisAST, aspartate aminotransferaseAUD, alcohol use disorderAUDIT, Alcohol Use Disorders Identification TestCAGE, Cut down, Annoyed, Guilty, and Eye-openerDSM-5, Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders Fifth editionGGT, gamma-glutamyl transferaseHCC, hepatocellular carcinomaINR, international normalized ratioLSM, liver stiffness measurementNAFLD, non-alcoholic fatty liver diseasePCF, pericellular fibrosisSFS, SALVE fibrosis stagesSHG, SALVE Histopathology GroupTE, transient elastographyWHO, World Health Organization

Identifiers

PMID36647416
PMCPMC9840079
OpenAlexW4305082742

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