The 'egg factor': Using Chinese herbal medicine to improve fertility in a 45-year old woman

Journal of Chinese Medicine

Volumn , Issue 82, 2006, Pages 36-41

  Heese, Inga ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Chinese herbal medicine; Female age; Fertility

Indexed keywords

ANGELICA SINENSIS EXTRACT; BA JI TIAN; BAI SHAO; CHI SHAO; DANG GUI; FU LING; GUI SHAO DI HUANG TANG; HAN LIAN CAO; MAI MEN DONG; MU DAN PI; NU ZHEN ZI; OPHIOPOGON ROOT; PAEONIA RADIX; PLANT MEDICINAL PRODUCT; REHMANNIA GLUTINOSA EXTRACT; ROU GUI; SALVIA MILTIORRHIZA EXTRACT; SHAN YAO; SHAN ZHU FU; SHENG DI HUANG; SHOU TAI WAN; TU SI ZI; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UNINDEXED DRUG; XU DUAN; YI MU CAO; YIN HANG HUO; ZE XIE; ZHI GAN CAO; ZHI MU; ZHI ZI;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CASE STUDY; CHINESE HERB; CHINESE MEDICINE; CONCEPTION; FEMALE; FEMALE FERTILITY; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HERBAL MEDICINE; HUMAN; MATERNAL AGE; OOCYTE DONATION; OVARY FUNCTION; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; SECOND TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; TREATMENT RESPONSE; UTERUS FUNCTION;

EID: 33750487861     PISSN: 01438042     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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