Acupuncture on the day of embryo transfer significantly improves the reproductive outcome in infertile women: a prospective, randomized trial

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 85, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 1341-1346

  Westergaard, Lars G ^a   Mao, Qunhui ^b   Krogslund, Marianne ^a   Sandrini, Steen ^c   Lenz, Suzan ^a   Grinsted, Jørgen ^a  

^a Fertility Clinic Trianglen   (Denmark)

^b Holistic Acupuncture Clinic   (Denmark)

^c Sandrini Acupuncture I/S   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Acupuncture; ET day; IVF; pregnancy

Indexed keywords

ACUPUNCTURE; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHRONOTHERAPY; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO TRANSFER; EVALUATION; FEMALE; FEMALE INFERTILITY; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMAN; INFERTILITY THERAPY; INTRACYTOPLASMIC SPERM INJECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OOCYTE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY RATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRIVATE HOSPITAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REPEAT PROCEDURE; REPRODUCTION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ACUPUNCTURE THERAPY; ADULT; DENMARK; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFERTILITY, FEMALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33646085791     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2005.08.070     Document Type: Article

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