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ArticleTrials2017

Erratum to Acupuncture to improve live birth rates for women undergoing in vitro fertilization: a protocol for a randomized controlled trial.

Caroline A Smith, Sheryl de Lacey, Michael Chapman, Julie Ratcliffe, Robert J Norman, Neil Johnson, Gavin Sacks, Jane Lyttleton, Clare Boothroyd

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Article in Trials, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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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

2 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors.

Caroline A SmithCentre for Complementary Medicine Research, University of Western Sydney, Locked Bag, 1797, Penrith South, DC, NSW, 2751, Australia. caroline.smith@uws.edu.au.
Sheryl de LaceySchool of Nursing & Midwifery, Flinders University, GPO Box 2100, Adelaide, South Australia, 5001, Australia.
Michael ChapmanSchool of Women's and Children's Health, University of New South Wales, St George Hospital, IVF Australia Southern Sydney, South Street, Kogarah, NSW, 2217, Australia.
Julie RatcliffeFlinders Clinical Effectiveness, Flinders University, Bedford Park, South Australia, 5001, Australia.
Robert J NormanRobinson Institute, University of Adelaide, Norwich House, 55 King William Road, North Adelaide, South Australia, 5006, Australia.
Neil JohnsonFertility Plus, Auckland District Health Board; Repromed Auckland, University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand.
Gavin SacksSchool of Women's and Children's Health, University of New South Wales, St George Hospital, South Street, Kogarah, New South Wales, 2217, Australia.
Jane LyttletonPaddington Medical Centre, 198 Oxford St, Paddington, New South Wales, 2021, Australia.
Clare BoothroydAssisted Conception Australia, Greenslopes Private Hospital, Suite 9A, Administration Building, Brisbane, QLD, 4120, Australia.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

PubMed holds no abstract for this paper.

Identifiers

PMID28571569
PMCPMC5455131

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