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ArticleReviews in urology2018

Infertility in Patients With Klinefelter Syndrome: Optimal Timing for Sperm and Testicular Tissue Cryopreservation.

Dorota J Hawksworth, April A Szafran, Philip W Jordan, Adrian S Dobs, Amin S Herati

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Article in Reviews in urology, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 22 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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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

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

22 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors.

Dorota J HawksworthDepartment of Urology, Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions Baltimore, MD.
April A SzafranDepartment of Urology, Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions Baltimore, MD.
Philip W JordanDepartment of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Bloomberg School of Public Health, Johns Hopkins University Baltimore, MD.
Adrian S DobsDepartment of Endocrinology, Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions Baltimore, MD.
Amin S HeratiDepartment of Urology, Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions Baltimore, MD.

Funding

Regulation of microtubule organizing centers during mammalian gametogenesisR01GM117155 · NIGMS · JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY · PI Philip W Jordan · 2016 to 2026
$4.3M
NIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM117155
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Male factor infertility is a complex issue presenting many diagnostic and management challenges. It is responsible for about 50% of all causes of infertility and thus carries significant medical, financial, and psychological implications for the couples struggling with conception. Klinefelter syndrome is the most common chromosomal male anomaly associated with male infertility. This review focuses specifically on non-obstructive azoospermia secondary to Klinefelter syndrome and discusses controversies surrounding fertility management in patients with this genetic disorder.

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Klinefelter syndromeNon-obstructive azoospermiaSperm retrieval

Identifiers

PMID30288141
PMCPMC6168324

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