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ArticleFertility and sterility2009

A strict infertility diagnosis has poor agreement with the clinical diagnosis entered into the Society for Assisted Reproductive Technology registry.

Thomas A Molinaro, Alka Shaunik, Kathleen Lin, Mary D Sammel, Kurt T Barnhart

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Article in Fertility and sterility, 2009. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 11 papers.

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11citing 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

11 citing papers in PubMed.

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  9. Managing endometriosis-associated infertility.Clinical obstetrics and gynecology · 2011
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  10. Autoantibodies to mesothelin in infertility.Cancer epidemiology, biomarkers & prevention : a publication of the American Association for Cancer Research, cosponsored by the American Society of Preventive Oncology · 2011
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors.

Thomas A MolinaroDepartment of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. tmolinaro@obgyn.upenn.edu
Alka Shaunik
Kathleen Lin
Mary D Sammel
Kurt T Barnhart

Funding

REPRODUCTIVE EPIDEMIOLOGY TRAINING GRANTT32HD007440 · NICHD · UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA · PI BARNHART, KURT T · 1996 to 2020
$7.5M
NICHD NIH HHS T32 HD007440
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Based on a recent review of the medical literature, a clinical diagnosis of infertility may not agree with strict criteria. Standardized definitions of diagnostic categories are essential for accurate patient prognosis and future research.

Indexed as

AdultDiagnosis-Related GroupsEndometriosisFallopian Tube DiseasesFemaleHumansInfertility, FemaleMalePolycystic Ovary SyndromePregnancyPregnancy RatePrognosisRegistriesReproductive Techniques, AssistedSperm CountSperm Motility

Identifiers

PMID19635611
PMCPMC2789855

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