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Table 1. The top 40 studies in a network analysis of searches for endometriosis and IL-6 as well as endometriosis and IL-6 trans

Endometriosis IL-6-trans			Endometriosis IL-6
Citations	Refs	Similarity	Citations	Refs	Similarity
7	0	100	42	31	100
4	0	10.9	138	51	20.9
16	57	9.4	52	25	20.7
6	27	9.1	43	81	20.4
15	73	7.7	131	64	19.4
3	74	7.3	127	54	18.1
11	61	6.8	85	49	18.1
7	40	6.2	145	36	16.3
13	37	6.2	49	54	16.2
50	54	6	34	43	15.8
16	45	6	38	38	14.7
13	42	5.8	27	36	14.5
7	54	5.6	60	24	14
14	49	5.5	68	41	13.5
13	148	5.5	177	66	13.4
13	28	5.5	75	29	13.2
8	69	5.4	37	67	12.8
0	109	5.4	33	76	12.8
43	162	5.3	134	70	12.6
59	68	5.3	111	49	12.6
15	48	5.2	32	89	12.4
108	37	5.2	230	65	12.4
9	43	5.2	41	28	12.2
73	36	5.1	90	173	12.1
52	44	5.1	228	24	11.9
25	57	5.1	141	63	11.8
27	128	5	137	57	11.8
18	135	5	41	49	11.6
239	125	5	47	49	11.6
38	190	5	35	43	11.4
50	46	4.9	53	54	11.3
9	37	4.9	20	23	11
6	46	4.9	282	271	11
1	0	4.8	22	65	11
1	45	4.8	63	28	11
1	0	4.8	152	150	11
1	87	4.8	57	21	10.9
1	54	4.8	95	60	10.9
13	227	4.8	64	114	10.8
1	46	4.7	35	79	10.6
1	21	4.7	81	160	10.6
1,007	-	228.7	3,552	-	539.3

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