Influence of acupuncture on idiopathic male infertility in assisted reproductive technology

Journal of Huazhong University of Science and Technology - Medical Science

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 228-230

  Zhang, Mingmin ^a   Huang, Guangying ^a   Lu, Fuer ^a   Paulus, W E ^b   Sterzik, K ^b  

^a HUAZHONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ULM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Acupuncture; Embryo quality; Fertilization rates; Intracytoplasmic sperm injection

Indexed keywords

EMBRYO QUALITY; FERTILIZATION RATES; IDIOPATHIC MALE FERTILITY;

MORPHOLOGY;

ACUPUNCTURE;

ACUPUNCTURE; ADULT; ARTICLE; HUMAN; INTRACYTOPLASMIC SPERM INJECTION; MALE; MALE INFERTILITY; MULTIMODALITY CANCER THERAPY; PHYSIOLOGY; SPERM; SPERMATOZOON; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY;

ACUPUNCTURE THERAPY; ADULT; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; HUMANS; INFERTILITY, MALE; MALE; SEMEN; SPERM INJECTIONS, INTRACYTOPLASMIC; SPERM MOTILITY; SPERMATOZOA;

EID: 0642347896     PISSN: 0257716X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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