Alternative treatments in reproductive medicine: Much ado about nothing: 'The fact that millions of people do not master arithmetic does not prove that two times two is anything else than four': W.F.Hermans

Human Reproduction

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 528-533

  Renckens, C N M ^a  

^a Westfries Gasthuis ^*  (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Acupuncture; Alternative medicine; Homeopathy; Intercessory prayer; Quackery

Indexed keywords

ALFENTANIL; BU ZHONG YI QI TANG; HERBACEOUS AGENT; PLACEBO;

ACUPUNCTURE; ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE INFERTILITY; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HISTORY OF MEDICINE; HOMEOPATHY; HUMAN; MALE INFERTILITY; MEDICAL LITERATURE; META ANALYSIS; PUBLICATION; QUACKERY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RELIGION; REPRODUCTION; REVIEW; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION;

EID: 0036125879     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humrep/17.3.528     Document Type: Review

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