Success of acupuncture and acupressure of the Pc 6 acupoint in the treatment of hyperemesis gravidarum

Forschende Komplementarmedizin und Klassische Naturheilkunde

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 20-23

  Habek, D ^a,b   Barbir, A ^a   Habek, J C ^a   Janculjak D ^a   Bobic Vukovic M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OSIJEK   (Croatia)

^b NONE   (Croatia)

Author keywords

Acupressure; Acupuncture; Hyperemesis gravidarum

Indexed keywords

ELECTROLYTE; INFUSION FLUID; METOCLOPRAMIDE; PROMETHAZINE;

ACUPRESSURE; ACUPUNCTURE; ADULT; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; HYPEREMESIS GRAVIDARUM; PROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ACUPRESSURE; ACUPUNCTURE POINTS; ACUPUNCTURE THERAPY; ADULT; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPEREMESIS GRAVIDARUM; PREGNANCY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 1542357621     PISSN: 14247364     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000077192     Document Type: Article

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