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ReviewCurrent urology reports2011

Use of diagnostic testing to detect infertility.

Kathleen Hwang, Larry I Lipshultz, Dolores J Lamb

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Review in Current urology reports, 2011. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

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6citing 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

6 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Article
  2. Review
  3. Precision Medicine and Men's Health.American journal of men's health · 2017
    Review
  4. Review
  5. Article
  6. Review
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

3 authors.

Kathleen HwangScott Department of Urology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX 77030, USA.
Larry I Lipshultz
Dolores J Lamb

Funding

ZONA PELLUCIDA BINDING PROTEINS IN SPERM-EGG INTERACTIONSP01HD036289 · NICHD · BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE · PI BISHOP, COLIN EDWARD · 2000 to 2010
$7.5M
Multidisciplinary K12 Urologic Research (KURe) Career Development ProgramK12DK083014 · NIDDK · BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE · PI LAMB, DOLORES JEAN · 2008 to 2017
$6.0M
NICHD NIH HHS P01 HD036289NICHD NIH HHS P01HD36289NIDDK NIH HHS 1K12DK083014NIDDK NIH HHS K12 DK083014
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The evaluation of the infertile male continues to be a clinical challenge of increasing significance with considerable emotional and financial burdens. Many physiological, environmental and genetic factors are implicated; however, the etiology of suboptimal semen quality is poorly understood. This review focuses on the diagnostic testing currently available, as well as future directions that will be helpful for the practicing urologist and other clinicians to fully evaluate the infertile male.

Indexed as

Genetic TestingHumansInfertility, MaleMaleReactive Oxygen SpeciesSemen AnalysisReactive Oxygen Species

Identifiers

PMID21088937
PMCPMC3079371

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