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ArticleZhongguo zhen jiu = Chinese acupuncture & moxibustion2017

[Is acupuncture ineffective in treating infertility associated with polycystic ovary syndrome? A reanalysis of data on the clinical trial by

A Y Fan, Sherman Gu, Guanhu Yang

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Article in Zhongguo zhen jiu = Chinese acupuncture & moxibustion, 2017. 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
2.0field-weighted citation impact, top 13% 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, 7 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. The Efficacy of Complementary and Alternative Medicine in the Treatment of Female Infertility.Evidence-based complementary and alternative medicine : eCAM · 2021
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

A Y FanAmerican Traditional Chinese Medicine Association, Vienna 22182, Virginia, USA; Sino-American Institute of Acupuncture and Rehabilitation, Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou 325027, Zhejiang Province, China.
Sherman GuFederation of Chinese Medicine & Acupuncture Societies of Australia Ltd, Melbourne 3000, Victoria, Australia.
Guanhu YangAmerican Traditional Chinese Medicine Association, Vienna 22182, Virginia, USA; Sino-American Institute of Acupuncture and Rehabilitation, Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou 325027, Zhejiang Province, China.
Wenzhou Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine · CNFederation University · AU

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

PubMed holds no abstract for this paper.

Indexed as

InfertilityPolycystic Ovary SyndromeAcupuncture TherapyClomipheneFemaleHumansOvulation InductionClomipheneacupunctureacupuncture controllive birth rateovulation ratepolycystic ovary syndromesecondary analysis

Identifiers

PMID29355002
OpenAlexW2981608469

What OpenQuestion holds

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Registered trials

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Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.