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ArticleFrontiers in reproductive health2021

Anabolic Androgenic Steroids Induce Reversible Left Ventricular Hypertrophy and Cardiac Dysfunction. Echocardiography Results of the HAARLEM Study.

Diederik L Smit, A J Voogel, Martin den Heijer, Willem de Ronde

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Article in Frontiers in reproductive health, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 25 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
25citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
3.7field-weighted citation impact, top 6% 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

25 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 51 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.

Diederik L SmitDepartment of Internal Medicine, Spaarne Gasthuis, Haarlem, Netherlands.
A J VoogelDepartment of Cardiology, Spaarne Gasthuis, Haarlem, Netherlands.
Martin den HeijerDepartment of Internal Medicine, Amsterdam University Medical Centres, Amsterdam, Netherlands.
Willem de RondeDepartment of Internal Medicine, Spaarne Gasthuis, Haarlem, Netherlands.
Spaarne Gasthuis · NL

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

PubMed holds no abstract for this paper.

Indexed as

anabolic steroidsbodybuildingperformance and image-enhancing drugsstrength athletesthree-dimensional echocardiography

Identifiers

PMID36304014
PMCPMC9580689
OpenAlexW3197088607

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Registered trials

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