{"id":"https://openalex.org/W7025006107","doi":null,"title":"TMNSC: a new predictor of pregnancy after IUI","display_name":"TMNSC: a new predictor of pregnancy after IUI","publication_year":2003,"publication_date":"2003-01-01","ids":{"openalex":"https://openalex.org/W7025006107"},"language":"en","primary_location":{"id":"pmh:oai:iris.unige.it:11567/388982","doi":null,"is_oa":false,"landing_page_url":"http://hdl.handle.net/11567/388982","pdf_url":null,"source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S4377196291","display_name":"CINECA IRIS Institutial Research Information System (University of Genoa)","issn_l":null,"issn":null,"is_oa":false,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":false,"listed_in":[],"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/I83816512","host_organization_name":"University of Genoa","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/I83816512"],"host_organization_lineage_names":[],"type":"repository"},"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":"submittedVersion","is_accepted":false,"is_published":false,"raw_source_name":null,"raw_type":"info:eu-repo/semantics/conferenceObject"},"volume":null,"type":"conference-paper","is_traditional":true,"indexed_in":[],"open_access":{"is_oa":false,"oa_status":"closed","oa_url":null,"any_repository_has_fulltext":false},"authorships":[{"author_position":"first","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5144974661","display_name":"Costa M","orcid":null,"observed_orcids":[]},"institutions":[],"countries":[],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Costa M","raw_affiliation_strings":[],"raw_orcid":null,"affiliations":[]},{"author_position":"middle","author":{"id":null,"display_name":"Anserini P","orcid":null,"observed_orcids":[]},"institutions":[],"countries":[],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Anserini P","raw_affiliation_strings":[],"raw_orcid":null,"affiliations":[]},{"author_position":"middle","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5025399416","display_name":"Rossana Sarli","orcid":null,"observed_orcids":[]},"institutions":[],"countries":[],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Sarli R","raw_affiliation_strings":[],"raw_orcid":null,"affiliations":[]},{"author_position":"middle","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5084134520","display_name":"Valentino Remorgida","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5043-6676","observed_orcids":["https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5043-6676","https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8660-0044"]},"institutions":[],"countries":[],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"REMORGIDA, VALENTINO","raw_affiliation_strings":[],"raw_orcid":null,"affiliations":[]},{"author_position":"middle","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5082703014","display_name":"CRISTINA BOTTAZZI","orcid":null,"observed_orcids":[]},"institutions":[],"countries":[],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Bottazzi C","raw_affiliation_strings":[],"raw_orcid":null,"affiliations":[]},{"author_position":"middle","author":{"id":null,"display_name":"Conte N","orcid":null,"observed_orcids":[]},"institutions":[],"countries":[],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Conte N","raw_affiliation_strings":[],"raw_orcid":null,"affiliations":[]},{"author_position":"middle","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5052795924","display_name":"Nicola Ragni","orcid":null,"observed_orcids":[]},"institutions":[],"countries":[],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Ragni N.","raw_affiliation_strings":[],"raw_orcid":null,"affiliations":[]},{"author_position":"last","author":{"id":null,"display_name":"FERRERO, SIMONE","orcid":null,"observed_orcids":[]},"institutions":[],"countries":[],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"FERRERO, SIMONE","raw_affiliation_strings":[],"raw_orcid":null,"affiliations":[]}],"institutions":[],"countries_distinct_count":0,"institutions_distinct_count":0,"corresponding_author_ids":[],"corresponding_institution_ids":[],"apc_list":null,"apc_paid":null,"fwci":0.0,"has_fulltext":false,"cited_by_count":0,"citation_normalized_percentile":{"value":0.0,"is_in_top_1_percent":false,"is_in_top_10_percent":false},"cited_by_percentile_year":null,"biblio":{"volume":null,"issue":null,"first_page":null,"last_page":null},"is_retracted":false,"is_paratext":false,"is_xpac":true,"primary_topic":{"id":"https://openalex.org/T10116","display_name":"Sperm and Testicular Function","score":0.9434000253677368,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/2743","display_name":"Reproductive Medicine"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/27","display_name":"Medicine"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/4","display_name":"Health Sciences"}},"topics":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/T10116","display_name":"Sperm and Testicular Function","score":0.9434000253677368,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/2743","display_name":"Reproductive Medicine"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/27","display_name":"Medicine"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/4","display_name":"Health Sciences"}},{"id":"https://openalex.org/T11156","display_name":"Reproductive Health and Technologies","score":0.04569999873638153,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/2743","display_name":"Reproductive Medicine"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/27","display_name":"Medicine"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/4","display_name":"Health Sciences"}},{"id":"https://openalex.org/T10364","display_name":"Reproductive Biology and Fertility","score":0.00039999998989515007,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/2743","display_name":"Reproductive Medicine"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/27","display_name":"Medicine"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/4","display_name":"Health Sciences"}}],"keywords":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/intrauterine-insemination","display_name":"intrauterine insemination","score":0.9940000176429749},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/sperm-count","display_name":"sperm count","score":0.34200000762939453},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/pregnancy-prediction","display_name":"pregnancy prediction","score":0.6150000095367432},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/prognostic-factors","display_name":"prognostic factors","score":0.7689999938011169},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/maternal-age","display_name":"maternal age","score":0.699999988079071},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/infertility","display_name":"infertility","score":0.5569999814033508},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/semen-parameters","display_name":"semen parameters","score":0.5189999938011169}],"concepts":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2779234561","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q11995","display_name":"Pregnancy","level":2,"score":0.7045999765396118},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C71924100","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q11190","display_name":"Medicine","level":0,"score":0.6876000165939331},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C29456083","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1221899","display_name":"Gynecology","level":1,"score":0.5943999886512756},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2776537878","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7239894","display_name":"Pregnancy rate","level":3,"score":0.578499972820282},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C131872663","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5284418","display_name":"Obstetrics","level":1,"score":0.5442000031471252},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C3019637453","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q207122","display_name":"Intrauterine insemination","level":4,"score":0.5375999808311462},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2781087480","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q17145","display_name":"Sperm","level":2,"score":0.5347999930381775},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2778610407","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q207122","display_name":"Artificial insemination","level":3,"score":0.49410000443458557},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2776038736","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5553682","display_name":"Gestational sac","level":4,"score":0.4738999903202057},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C151956035","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1132755","display_name":"Logistic regression","level":2,"score":0.44510000944137573},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C188816634","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2113324","display_name":"Prospective cohort study","level":2,"score":0.4041999876499176},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2778093475","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q9715","display_name":"Semen","level":2,"score":0.3971000015735626},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C46973012","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q28627","display_name":"Gestation","level":3,"score":0.3727000057697296},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2777688143","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q179399","display_name":"Infertility","level":3,"score":0.36890000104904175},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2777005246","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1379223","display_name":"Insemination","level":3,"score":0.3292999863624573},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C518429986","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q964401","display_name":"Fertility","level":3,"score":0.3109000027179718},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2778580812","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q686627","display_name":"Unexplained infertility","level":4,"score":0.28130000829696655},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2778376644","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2253111","display_name":"Gestational age","level":3,"score":0.2766000032424927},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C72563966","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1303415","display_name":"Cohort","level":2,"score":0.27000001072883606},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2775883341","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1233836","display_name":"Fallopian tube","level":2,"score":0.26840001344680786},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C143753070","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q162564","display_name":"Ultrasound","level":2,"score":0.265500009059906},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C201903717","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1778788","display_name":"Cohort study","level":2,"score":0.260699987411499},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2777589648","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1501844","display_name":"Semen analysis","level":4,"score":0.24040000140666962},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C500014431","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q25862","display_name":"Assisted reproductive technology","level":4,"score":0.23649999499320984},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C61511704","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1671857","display_name":"Incidence (geometry)","level":2,"score":0.23319999873638153},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C81877008","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1049937","display_name":"Sperm bank","level":4,"score":0.2312999963760376},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2777358149","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1876491","display_name":"Oligospermia","level":5,"score":0.22849999368190765},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C198433322","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3910099","display_name":"Predictive value of tests","level":2,"score":0.22010000050067902},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2777632594","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q27116486","display_name":"Sperm motility","level":3,"score":0.2102999985218048},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C3019719930","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3910099","display_name":"Predictive value","level":2,"score":0.2085999995470047},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C23131810","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q818574","display_name":"Observational study","level":2,"score":0.20469999313354492},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C68557331","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q14865007","display_name":"Early pregnancy factor","level":4,"score":0.20280000567436218},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2778080409","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2916689","display_name":"Semen quality","level":3,"score":0.19920000433921814},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C144494922","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6547272","display_name":"Likelihood ratios in diagnostic testing","level":3,"score":0.18649999797344208},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C95922358","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5432725","display_name":"False positive rate","level":2,"score":0.1842000037431717},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2776210078","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q351870","display_name":"Reproductive medicine","level":3,"score":0.1826999932527542},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C167135981","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2146302","display_name":"Retrospective cohort study","level":2,"score":0.1770000010728836},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2779974597","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q28448986","display_name":"Clinical Practice","level":2,"score":0.16910000145435333},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C16685009","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q335057","display_name":"Andrology","level":1,"score":0.1687999963760376},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2778279030","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1543380","display_name":"Live birth","level":3,"score":0.1673000007867813}],"mesh":[],"locations_count":1,"locations":[{"id":"pmh:oai:iris.unige.it:11567/388982","doi":null,"is_oa":false,"landing_page_url":"http://hdl.handle.net/11567/388982","pdf_url":null,"source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S4377196291","display_name":"CINECA IRIS Institutial Research Information System (University of Genoa)","issn_l":null,"issn":null,"is_oa":false,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":false,"listed_in":[],"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/I83816512","host_organization_name":"University of Genoa","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/I83816512"],"host_organization_lineage_names":[],"type":"repository"},"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":"submittedVersion","is_accepted":false,"is_published":false,"raw_source_name":null,"raw_type":"info:eu-repo/semantics/conferenceObject"}],"best_oa_location":null,"sustainable_development_goals":[{"display_name":"Good health and well-being","score":0.8560000061988831,"id":"https://metadata.un.org/sdg/3"}],"study_designs":[{"display_name":"Observational Study","id":"https://openalex.org/study-designs/observational-study"}],"awards":[],"funders":[],"has_content":{"grobid_xml":false,"pdf":false},"content_urls":null,"referenced_works_count":0,"referenced_works":[],"related_works":["https://openalex.org/W3093242607","https://openalex.org/W2058454440","https://openalex.org/W4308774693","https://openalex.org/W3128095892","https://openalex.org/W2725095763","https://openalex.org/W3093376886","https://openalex.org/W2036573061","https://openalex.org/W2127990206","https://openalex.org/W1966263531","https://openalex.org/W2118905547"],"abstract_inverted_index":{"Introduction:":[0],"Processed":[1],"total":[2,45,192],"motile":[3,48,105],"sperm":[4,49,100,106,111],"count":[5],"(pTMSC)":[6],"is":[7,30],"known":[8],"to":[9,39,66,118,174],"affect":[10],"the":[11,41,44,93,96,99,102,108,126,159,176,180,184,289,330],"outcome":[12],"of":[13,43,47,56,95,104,110,148,158,186,194,205,212,233,238,255,276,302,332],"intrauterine":[14],"insemination":[15],"(IUI)":[16],"and":[17,61,78,107,156,207,247,300,325],"it":[18],"has":[19],"been":[20],"suggested":[21],"that":[22,178],"IUI":[23,124,155,165,216,270,283,316,322],"should":[24],"be":[25,119],"considered":[26,117],"only":[27],"when":[28],"pTMSC":[29,223],">10":[31],"million.":[32],"We":[33],"designed":[34],"an":[35],"observational":[36],"prospective":[37],"study":[38],"determine":[40],"suitability":[42],"number":[46,193],"with":[50,112,222,251,267,313],"normal":[51,113],"morphology":[52],"(pTMNSC)":[53],"as":[54,278],"predictor":[55],"pregnancy":[57,203,210,231],"after":[58,154,164,269,315],"IUI.":[59],"Materials":[60],"methods:":[62],"From":[63],"January":[64],"1999":[65],"December":[67],"2002,":[68],"256":[69],"infertile":[70,239],"couples":[71,221],"underwent":[72],"809":[73],"consecutive":[74],"inseminations.":[75],"The":[76,191,274],"clinical":[77],"semen":[79],"parameters":[80],"were":[81,116,218],"prospectively":[82],"recorded":[83],"on":[84,183],"a":[85,188,200,208,228,252,279,334],"computerized":[86],"database.":[87],"pTMNSC":[88,241,263,277,324],"was":[89,144,171,196,264,285,310],"calculated":[90],"by":[91,123,137,141,146,166],"multiplying":[92],"volume":[94],"processed":[97],"sample,":[98],"concentration,":[101],"percentage":[103,109],"morphology.":[114],"Couples":[115],"candidates":[120],"for":[121,288],"treatment":[122],"if":[125],"woman":[127],"had":[128],"at":[129],"least":[130],"one":[131],"open":[132],"fallopian":[133],"tube":[134],"(ascertained":[135],"either":[136],"hystero-salpingo-":[138],"graphy":[139],"or":[140],"laparoscopy).":[142],"Pregnancy":[143],"diagnosed":[145],"determination":[147],"HCG":[149],"serum":[150],"concentrations":[151],"14\u00b116":[152],"days":[153],"detection":[157],"gestational":[160],"sac":[161],"4\u00b15":[162],"weeks":[163],"ultrasound":[167],"examination.":[168],"Logistic":[169],"regression":[170,261,306],"carried":[172],"out":[173],"de\u00aene":[175],"factors":[177],"have":[179],"strongest":[181],"impact":[182],"likelihood":[185,331],"achieving":[187,333],"pregnancy.":[189,335],"Results:":[190],"pregnancies":[195],"74,":[197],"resulting":[198,226],"in":[199,220,227,282],"per":[201,229],"cycle":[202,230],"rate":[204,211,232],"9.1%":[206],"couple":[209],"28.9%.":[213],"Interestingly,":[214],"475":[215],"cycles":[217,284,323],"performed":[219],"<10":[224],"million":[225],"10.1%.":[234],"In":[235,321],"our":[236],"cohort":[237],"couples,":[240],"ranged":[242],"between":[243],"10":[244],"Q":[245,249],"103":[246],"343":[248],"106,":[250],"median":[253],"value":[254,275],"1":[256],"230":[257],"000.":[258],"On":[259,304],"logistic":[260,305],"analysis":[262,307],"independently":[265,311,328],"associated":[266,312],"conception":[268,314],"(P":[271,317],"=":[272,318],"0.027).":[273],"prognostic":[280],"factor":[281],"evaluated":[286],"controlling":[287],"following":[290],"factors:":[291],"woman's":[292,294],"age,":[293],"body":[295],"mass":[296],"index,":[297],"infertility":[298],"diagnoses,":[299],"duration":[301],"infertility.":[303],"female":[308,326],"age":[309,327],"0.038).":[319],"Conclusions:":[320],"predict":[329]},"counts_by_year":[],"updated_date":"2026-11-10T11:39:43.021295","created_date":"2025-10-10T00:00:00"}