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World J Gastroenterol. Jan 14, 2017; 23(2): 357-365
Published online Jan 14, 2017. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v23.i2.357
Areas of research and clinical approaches to the study of liver abscess
Gregorio González-Alcaide, Jorge Peris, José Manuel Ramos
Gregorio González-Alcaide, Department of History of Science and Documentation, University of Valencia, 46010 Valencia, Spain
Jorge Peris, Deparment of Internal Medicine, Hospital Universitario Sant Joan d’Alacant, 03350 Sant Joan d’Alacant, Spain
Jorge Peris, José Manuel Ramos, Departament of Clinical Medicine, Universidad Miguel Hernández de Elche, 03350 Sant Joan d’Alacant, Spain
José Manuel Ramos, Department of Internal Medicine, Hospital General Universitario de Alicante, 03350 Sant Joan d’Alacant, Spain
Author contributions: González-Alcaide G and Ramos JM are responsible for the design of the study; González-Alcaide G did statistical analysis, Peris J and Ramos JM participated in the analysis and interpretation of the data; all authors drafted, prepared, read and approved the final version of the manuscript.
Conflict-of-interest statement: On behalf of all authors of the above manuscript, I declare that we have no conflict of interest in publication of the article.
Data sharing statement: A bibliographic database including all references available from the corresponding author at email: gregorio.gonzalez@uv.es. No additional data are available.
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Correspondence to: Gregorio González-Alcaide, PhD, Department of History of Science and Documentation, University of Valencia, 15, Blasco Ibáñez Avenue, 46010 Valencia, Spain. gregorio.gonzalez@uv.es
Telephone: +34-963834958
Received: July 24, 2016
Peer-review started: July 26, 2016
First decision: October 11, 2016
Revised: October 25, 2016
Accepted: November 14, 2016
Article in press: November 16, 2016
Published online: January 14, 2017
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Core Tip

Core tip: Clinical case reports are the dominant publication type for liver abscess research, which highlights the importance of this document category with regard to certain well-known diseases that encompass medical, surgical, diagnostic and therapeutic-radiological aspects, among others, and where professionals gain expertise from relevant case experience. The existence of specific journals that devote space to these contents is essential for advancing knowledge on which to base clinical decision-making.