Effects of acupuncture and moxa treatment in patients with semen abnormalities

Asian Journal of Andrology

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 345-348

  Gurfinkel, Edson ^a,b   Cadenho, Agnaldo P ^a   Yamamura, Ysao ^a   Srougi, Miguel ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b NONE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Acupuncture; Chinese traditional medicine; Infertility; Moxibustion; Oligozoospermia; Semen; Teratozoospermia

Indexed keywords

ACUPUNCTURE; ADULT; ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ARTICLE; CHINESE MEDICINE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; MALE; MALE INFERTILITY; MARRIAGE; MORPHOLOGY; OLIGOSPERMIA; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUALITY CONTROL; SEMEN ABNORMALITY; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SPERMATOZOON COUNT; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ACUPUNCTURE POINTS; ACUPUNCTURE THERAPY; ADULT; HEAT; HUMANS; INFERTILITY, MALE; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEMEN; SPERM COUNT; SPERM MOTILITY; SPERMATOZOA;

EID: 0347917007     PISSN: 1008682X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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