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ReviewDiagnostics (Basel, Switzerland)2025

Comparing FIB-4, VCTE, pSWE, 2D-SWE, and MRE Thresholds and Diagnostic Accuracies for Detecting Hepatic Fibrosis in Patients with MASLD: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.

Mitchell Patrick Wilson, Ranjit Singh, Shyam Mehta, Mohammad Hassan Murad, Christopher Fung, Gavin Low

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Review in Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland), 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers.

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8citing papers in PubMed
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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

8 citing papers in PubMed.

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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

6 authors.

Mitchell Patrick WilsonDepartment of Radiology and Diagnostic Imaging, University of Alberta, 8440-112 Street NW, Edmonton, AB T6G 2B7, Canada.ORCID 0000-0002-1630-5138
Ranjit SinghDepartment of Radiology and Diagnostic Imaging, University of Alberta, 8440-112 Street NW, Edmonton, AB T6G 2B7, Canada.
Shyam MehtaDepartment of Radiology and Diagnostic Imaging, University of Alberta, 8440-112 Street NW, Edmonton, AB T6G 2B7, Canada.
Mohammad Hassan MuradEvidence-Based Practice Center, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN 55905, USA.
Christopher FungDepartment of Radiology and Diagnostic Imaging, University of Alberta, 8440-112 Street NW, Edmonton, AB T6G 2B7, Canada.ORCID 0000-0001-7516-8631
Gavin LowDepartment of Radiology and Diagnostic Imaging, University of Alberta, 8440-112 Street NW, Edmonton, AB T6G 2B7, Canada.ORCID 0000-0002-4959-8934

Funding

University of Alberta Summer Student Research Award (Shyam Mehta) N/A
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

PubMed holds no abstract for this paper.

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accuracyfibroScanmagnetic resonance elastographyMASLDmetabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver diseaseMREshear wave elastographySWEsystematic reviewtransient elastography

Identifiers

PMID40647597
PMCPMC12248751

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Registered trials

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