Efficacy of acupuncture for the treatment of primary dysmenorrhea

Gynakologisch-geburtshilfliche Rundschau

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 250-253

  Habek, Dubravko ^a   Habek, Jasna Čerkez ^a   Bobić Vuković, Mirna ^a   Vujić, Bojana ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OSIJEK   (Croatia)

Author keywords

Acupuncture; Primary dysmenorrhea

Indexed keywords

ACUPUNCTURE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DYSMENORRHEA; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; NULLIPARA; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ACUPUNCTURE THERAPY; ADULT; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS, NON-STEROIDAL; CONTRACEPTIVES, ORAL; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; DYSMENORRHEA; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; PARITY; PLACEBOS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0142025407     PISSN: 10188843     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000072730     Document Type: Article

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