Clinical investigation on the use of acupuncture for treatment of placental retention

American Journal of Acupuncture

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 19-25

  Chauhan, Priya A ^a,b   Gasser, Fritz J ^a   Chauhan, Ajay M ^a  

^a Sct Josephs Hospital   (Denmark)

^b NONE   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Acupuncture; Childbirth; Labor; Manual extraction of the placenta; Placental retention

Indexed keywords

ACUPUNCTURE; ANESTHESIA COMPLICATION; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LABOR COMPLICATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; POSTPARTUM HEMORRHAGE; PUERPERAL INFECTION; RETAINED PLACENTA; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0031863501     PISSN: 00913960     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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