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ReviewDiagnostics (Basel, Switzerland)2026

Menstrual Effluent in the Pathogenesis and Diagnosis of Endometriosis-A Systematic Review.

Rafał Watrowski, Stoyan Kostov, Eva Tsoneva, Sebastian D Schäfer, Radmila Sparić, Mario Palumbo, Veronika Günther, Slavica Akšam, Angel Yordanov, Pierluigi Chieppa and 3 more

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Review in Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland), 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
3citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
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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

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

  1. Pooled it
  2. Review
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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

13 authors.

Rafał WatrowskiDepartment of Gynecology, Helios Hospital Müllheim, Heliosweg 1, 79379 Müllheim, Germany.ORCID 0000-0002-6828-1887
Stoyan KostovDepartment of Gynecology, Hospital "Saint Anna", 9002 Varna, Bulgaria.ORCID 0000-0002-5279-3095
Eva TsonevaResearch Institute, Medical University Pleven, 5800 Pleven, Bulgaria.
Sebastian D SchäferDepartment of Gynecology and Obstetrics, Clemenshospital Münster, 48153 Münster, Germany.ORCID 0000-0002-8010-1463
Radmila SparićFaculty of Medicine, University of Belgrade, Dr Subotića 8, 11000 Belgrade, Serbia.ORCID 0000-0003-0515-1951
Mario PalumboDepartment of Public Health, School of Medicine, University of Naples Federico II, 80138 Naples, Italy.
Veronika GüntherDepartment of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University Hospitals Schleswig-Holstein, Campus Kiel, 24105 Kiel, Germany.
Slavica AkšamFaculty of Medicine, University of Belgrade, Dr Subotića 8, 11000 Belgrade, Serbia.
Angel YordanovDepartment of Gynecologic Oncology, Medical University Pleven, 5800 Pleven, Bulgaria.ORCID 0000-0002-7719-382X
Pierluigi ChieppaDepartment of Surgical Sciences, Gynecology and Obstetrics 1, A.O.U. City of Health and Science of Turin, S. Anna Hospital, 10126 Turin, Italy.ORCID 0000-0001-7482-3833
Ingolf Juhasz-BössDepartment of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Medical Center-University Hospital Freiburg, 79106 Freiburg, Germany.ORCID 0000-0002-2178-6490
Salvatore Giovanni VitaleObstetrics and Gynecology Unit, Department of General Surgery and Medical Surgical Specialties, "Gaspare Rodolico" University Hospital, University of Catania, 95124 Catania, Italy.ORCID 0000-0001-6871-6097
Ibrahim AlkatoutDepartment of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University Hospitals Schleswig-Holstein, Campus Kiel, 24105 Kiel, Germany.ORCID 0000-0002-7194-6034

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

PubMed holds no abstract for this paper.

Indexed as

aromatasebiomarkersbiospecimenendometriosisendometriummenstrual bloodmenstrual effluentnon-invasive diagnosisprogesterone resistanceVEGF

Identifiers

PMID41827953
PMCPMC12984173

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