Using acupuncture to treat premenstrual syndrome

Archives of Gynecology and Obstetrics

Volumn 267, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 23-26

  Habek, Dubravko ^a,b   Habek, Jasna Čerkez ^c   Barbir, Ante ^a  

^a Health Centre ^*

^b Health Centre   (Croatia)

^c GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Croatia)

Author keywords

Acupuncture; Premenstrual syndrome

Indexed keywords

FLUOXETINE; GESTAGEN; OPIATE RECEPTOR;

ACUPUNCTURE; ADULT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; HEMATOMA; HUMAN; INSOMNIA; MASTALGIA; NAUSEA; PREMENSTRUAL SYNDROME; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SEROTONINERGIC SYSTEM; HOSPITALIZATION; PATHOLOGY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ACUPUNCTURE THERAPY; ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; PREMENSTRUAL SYNDROME; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0036835116     PISSN: 09320067     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00404-001-0270-7     Document Type: Article

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