Acupuncture plus moxibustion to resolve breech presentation: A randomized controlled study

Journal of Maternal-Fetal and Neonatal Medicine

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 247-252

  Neri, I ^a   Airola, G ^b   Contu, G ^a   Allais, G ^b   Facchinetti, F ^a   Benedetto, C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MODENA AND REGGIO EMILIA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Acupuncture; Breech presentation; Cephalic version; Moxibustion

Indexed keywords

ACUPUNCTURE; ADULT; ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ARTICLE; BREECH PRESENTATION; CESAREAN SECTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ACUPUNCTURE; ADULT; BREECH PRESENTATION; CESAREAN SECTION; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; ITALY; MOXIBUSTION; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VERSION, FETAL;

EID: 2542503671     PISSN: 14767058     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14767050410001668644     Document Type: Article

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