Acupuncture in labor management;L'agopuntura nella gestione del travaglio di parto

Minerva Ginecologica

Volumn 55, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 503-510

  Allais, G ^a,b   Ciochetto, D ^a   Airola, G ^a   Schiapparelli, P ^a   Bosio, A ^a   Benedetto, C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

^b Dipto di Disc Ginecol e Ostet   (Italy)

Author keywords

Acupuncture; Analgesia; Cervical ripening; Labor

Indexed keywords

ACUPUNCTURE; ELECTROACUPUNCTURE; ELECTROSTIMULATION; HUMAN; LABOR; LABOR INDUCTION; OBSTETRIC ANALGESIA; PROLONGED PREGNANCY; REVIEW; UTERINE CERVIX DILATATION; UTERINE CERVIX RIPENING; UTERUS CONTRACTILITY; UTERUS CONTRACTION;

ACUPUNCTURE THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; LABOR, OBSTETRIC; PAIN; PREGNANCY;

EID: 0842284154     PISSN: 00264784     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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