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ReviewCommunications medicine2025

The importance of patient engagement in the multimodal treatment of MASLD.

Joost Boeckmans, Hannes Hagström, Donna R Cryer, Jörn M Schattenberg

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Review in Communications medicine, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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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.

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

3 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. From Single Agents to Synergy: Redefining Therapeutic Strategies in MASLD.International journal of molecular sciences · 2026
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors.

Joost BoeckmansDepartment of Medicine, Huddinge, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8399-5872
Hannes HagströmDepartment of Medicine, Huddinge, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8474-1759
Donna R CryerGlobal Liver Institute, Washington, DC, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-5243-7843
Jörn M SchattenbergDepartment of Medicine II, University Medical Center Homburg, Homburg and Saarland University, Saarbrücken, Germany. joern.schattenberg@uks.eu.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4224-4703

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease (MASLD) is often regarded in society as a disease caused by personal lifestyle and dietary choices. Healthcare providers who have empathy and are able to explain the disease trajectory can better engage with people with MASLD and actively work with them to improve their metabolic health on a sustainable basis. Non-invasive tests can assist in this process, but healthcare providers must ensure they explain their advantages and limitations. Discussing and setting lifestyle goals are priorities before initiating specific pharmacological treatment, since living a healthy lifestyle will remain the backbone of the multimodal management of MASLD. In this review, we discuss challenges and opportunities to actively engage with people living with MASLD in a multimodal treatment framework as a healthcare provider.

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PMID40312453
PMCPMC12046057

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