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ReviewInternational journal of general medicine2020

Some of the Factors Involved in Male Infertility: A Prospective Review.

Emad Babakhanzadeh, Majid Nazari, Sina Ghasemifar, Ali Khodadadian

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Review in International journal of general medicine, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 125 papers, 6 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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125citing papers in PubMed, 6 pooled it
25.3field-weighted citation impact, top 1% of its field
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

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

125 citing papers in PubMed, 6 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 274 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

4 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Emad BabakhanzadehDepartment of Medical Genetics, Shahid Sadoughi University of Medical Sciences, Yazd, Iran.ORCID 0000-0001-9192-2016
Majid NazariDepartment of Medical Genetics, Shahid Sadoughi University of Medical Sciences, Yazd, Iran.
Sina GhasemifarDepartment of Medical Genetics, Shahid Sadoughi University of Medical Sciences, Yazd, Iran.
Ali KhodadadianDepartment of Medical Genetics, Shahid Sadoughi University of Medical Sciences, Yazd, Iran.
Shahid Sadoughi University of Medical Sciences and Health Services · IR

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Infertility is defined as the inability of couples to have a baby after one year of regular unprotected intercourse, affecting 10 to 15% of couples. According to the latest WHO statistics, approximately 50-80 million people worldwide sufer from infertility, and male factors are responsible for approximately 20-30% of all infertility cases. The diagnosis of infertility in men is mainly based on semen analysis. The main parameters of semen include: concentration, appearance and motility of sperm. Causes of infertility in men include a variety of things including hormonal disorders, physical problems, lifestyle problems, psychological issues, sex problems, chromosomal abnormalities and single-gene defects. Despite numerous efforts by researchers to identify the underlying causes of male infertility, about 70% of cases remain unknown. These statistics show a lack of understanding of the mechanisms involved in male infertility. This article focuses on the histology of testicular tissue samples, the male reproductive structure, factors affecting male infertility, strategies available to find genes involved in infertility, existing therapeutic methods for male infertility, and sperm recovery in infertile men.

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azoospermiamale infertilitynon-obstructive azoospermiaspermatogenesis

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PMID32104049
PMCPMC7008178
OpenAlexW3005126946

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