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ReviewTranslational andrology and urology2020

New frontiers in fertility preservation: a hypothesis on fertility optimization in men with hypergonadotrophic hypogonadism.

Amin S Herati, Taylor P Kohn, Borna Kassiri

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Review in Translational andrology and urology, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
3citing papers in PubMed
0.4field-weighted citation impact, top 37% 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.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

3 citing papers in PubMed, 6 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Amin S HeratiDepartment of Urology, The James Buchanan Brady Urological Institute, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA.
Taylor P KohnDepartment of Urology, The James Buchanan Brady Urological Institute, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA.
Borna KassiriDepartment of Urology, The James Buchanan Brady Urological Institute, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA.
Johns Hopkins University · USJohns Hopkins Medicine · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Strategies exist that can mitigate the risk of causing iatrogenic infertility when men require testosterone replacement therapy (TRT). This article reviews the current medical therapies that preserve spermatogenesis when TRT is indicated. Furthermore, we highlight the re-emerging concept of hypothalamic-pituitary-gonadal (HPG) axis reset in hypergonadotrophic, hypogonadal infertile men who are planning sperm retrieval procedures. Finally, we present our hypothesis for a novel protocol to optimize hypergonadotrophic hypogonadal men before sperm extraction surgeries hormonally.

Indexed as

hormonal therapyKlinefelter syndromeMale fertilitynon-obstructive azoospermiatestosteronetestosterone therapy

Identifiers

PMID32257857
PMCPMC7108987
OpenAlexW3007070149

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