Influence of acupuncture on maternal serum levels of interleukin-8, prostaglandin F(2alpha), and beta-endorphin: A matched pair study

Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 92, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 245-248

  Tempfer, C ^a   Zeisler, H ^b   Heinzl, H ^b   Hefler, L ^b   Husslein, P ^b   Kainz, Ch ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA ENDORPHIN; INTERLEUKIN 8; PROSTAGLANDIN F2 ALPHA;

ACUPUNCTURE; ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMMUNORADIOMETRIC ASSAY; LABOR; PRENATAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UTERINE CERVIX DILATATION;

ACUPUNCTURE ANALGESIA; ADULT; BETA-ENDORPHIN; DINOPROST; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERLEUKIN-8; LABOR, OBSTETRIC; PREGNANCY; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0032145630     PISSN: 00297844     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0029-7844(98)00200-2     Document Type: Article

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