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ArticleBalkan journal of medical genetics : BJMG2016

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M Irfan, M Ismail, M Azhar Beg, A Shabbir, A Rashid Kayani, G Kaukab Raja

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Article in Balkan journal of medical genetics : BJMG, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 13 papers, 4 of them syntheses that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
13citing papers in PubMed, 4 pooled it
0.6field-weighted citation impact, top 26% 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

13 citing papers in PubMed, 4 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 18 citations in OpenAlex.

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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

6 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

M IrfanDepartment of Zoology, Pir Mehr Ali Shah-Arid Agriculture University, Rawalpindi, Pakistan.
M IsmailInstitute of Biomedical and Genetic Engineering (IBGE), Islamabad, Pakistan.
M Azhar BegDepartment of Zoology, Pir Mehr Ali Shah-Arid Agriculture University, Rawalpindi, Pakistan.
A ShabbirBiosciences, Commission on Science and Technology for Sustainable Development in the South (COMSAT), Institute of Information Technology, Islamabad, Pakistan.
A Rashid KayaniDepartment of Zoology, Pir Mehr Ali Shah-Arid Agriculture University, Rawalpindi, Pakistan.
G Kaukab RajaDepartment of Biochemistry, Pir Mehr Ali Shah-Arid Agriculture University, Rawalpindi, Pakistan.
Pir Mehr Ali Shah Arid Agriculture University · PKCOMSATS University Islamabad · PKInstitute of Biomedical and Genetic Engineering · PK

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The present study determined an association between idiopathic sperm disorders in a local Pakistani infertile male population and the

Indexed as

Male InfertilityMTHFRPolymorphismReproductionSperm disorders

Identifiers

PMID27785408
PMCPMC5026280
OpenAlexW2476389756

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