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ArticleAsian journal of andrology

Stem cells, gene therapy, and advanced medical management hold promise in the treatment of male infertility.

Ryan P Smith, Larry I Lipshultz, Jason R Kovac

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Article in Asian journal of andrology. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
4citing papers in PubMed
0.9field-weighted citation impact, top 19% of its field
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

4 citing papers in PubMed, 9 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Ryan P Smith
Larry I Lipshultz
Jason R KovacMen's Health Center, 8240 Naab Road, Suite 220, Indianapolis, Indiana 46260, USA.
Baylor College of Medicine · USUniversity of Virginia · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

PubMed holds no abstract for this paper.

Indexed as

Stem CellsGenetic TherapyHumansInfertility, MaleMaleStem Cell Transplantation

Identifiers

PMID27056350
PMCPMC4854081
OpenAlexW2329287891

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Registered trials

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