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ArticleFrontiers in endocrinology2019

Vitamin B

Flávia Luciana Beltrame, Fabiane de Santi, Vanessa Vendramini, Regina Elizabeth Lourenço Cabral, Sandra Maria Miraglia, Paulo Sérgio Cerri, Estela Sasso-Cerri

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Article in Frontiers in endocrinology, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 12 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
12citing papers in PubMed
2.0field-weighted citation impact, top 14% 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

12 citing papers in PubMed, 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

7 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Flávia Luciana BeltrameDepartment of Morphology and Genetics, Federal University of São Paulo (UNIFESP/EPM), São Paulo, Brazil.
Fabiane de SantiDepartment of Morphology and Genetics, Federal University of São Paulo (UNIFESP/EPM), São Paulo, Brazil.
Vanessa VendraminiDepartment of Morphology and Genetics, Federal University of São Paulo (UNIFESP/EPM), São Paulo, Brazil.
Regina Elizabeth Lourenço CabralDepartment of Morphology and Genetics, Federal University of São Paulo (UNIFESP/EPM), São Paulo, Brazil.
Sandra Maria MiragliaDepartment of Morphology and Genetics, Federal University of São Paulo (UNIFESP/EPM), São Paulo, Brazil.
Paulo Sérgio CerriLaboratory of Histology and Embryology, Department of Morphology, Dental School - São Paulo State University (UNESP/FOAr), Araraquara, Brazil.
Estela Sasso-CerriLaboratory of Histology and Embryology, Department of Morphology, Dental School - São Paulo State University (UNESP/FOAr), Araraquara, Brazil.
Universidade Federal de São Paulo · BRUniversidade Estadual Paulista (Unesp) · BR

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Cimetidine, used as an anti-ulcer and adjuvant treatment in cancer therapy, causes disorders in the male reproductive tract, including steroidogenesis. However, its effect on sperm quality and male fertility has been poorly addressed. Since vitamin B

Indexed as

androgenic dysfunctioncimetidineDNA damagespermiogenesissperm qualityvitamin B12

Identifiers

PMID31354617
PMCPMC6635670
OpenAlexW2959171414

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