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ArticleJournal of menopausal medicine2016

HIFU: Effects and Clinical Effectiveness of Non-surgical Therapy for Uterine Fibroids.

Ikjin Chang, Kyung Jin Hwang, Ho Jin Choi, Hyo Jin Yoon, Eung Seok Lee, Sun Young Choi

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Article in Journal of menopausal medicine, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. An erratum has been issued. Cited by 3 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
3citing papers in PubMed
0.7field-weighted citation impact, top 25% 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

3 citing papers in PubMed, 8 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Changes in symptoms and fibroid characteristics in women treated with ultrasound-guided high intensity focused ultrasound (USgHIFU) at Chris Hani Baragwanath Academic Hospital.International journal of gynaecology and obstetrics: the official organ of the International Federation of Gynaecology and Obstetrics · 2026
    Article
  2. Magic bubbles: utilizing histotripsy to modulate the tumor microenvironment and improve systemic anti-tumor immune responses.International journal of hyperthermia : the official journal of European Society for Hyperthermic Oncology, North American Hyperthermia Group · 2023
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Ikjin ChangDepartment of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Grace Women's Hospital, Goyang, Korea.
Kyung Jin HwangDepartment of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Grace Women's Hospital, Goyang, Korea.
Ho Jin ChoiDepartment of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Grace Women's Hospital, Goyang, Korea.
Hyo Jin YoonDepartment of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Grace Women's Hospital, Goyang, Korea.
Eung Seok LeeDepartment of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Grace Women's Hospital, Goyang, Korea.
Sun Young ChoiDepartment of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Grace Women's Hospital, Goyang, Korea.
Hanyang Women's University · KR

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

PubMed holds no abstract for this paper.

Identifiers

PMID27617237
PMCPMC5016503
OpenAlexW2512054325

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Registered trials

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