Acupuncture and in vitro fertilisation: Recent research and clinical guidelines

Journal of Chinese Medicine

Volumn , Issue 84, 2007, Pages 28-35

  Rosenthal, Lara ^a   Anderson, Belinda ^b  

^a Pacific College of Oriental Medicine   (United States)

^b National Institutes of Health   (United States)

Author keywords

Acupuncture; Assisted reproductive technology (ART); Chinese medicine; In vitro fertilisation (IVF); Infertility

Indexed keywords

CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; LEUPRORELIN; ORAL CONTRACEPTIVE AGENT;

ABDOMINAL DISTENSION; ABDOMINAL PAIN; ACUPUNCTURE; ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ARTICLE; BLOATING; BREAST TENDERNESS; CLINICAL RESEARCH; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; DEPRESSION; DIZZINESS; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FATIGUE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HEADACHE; HOT FLUSH; HUMAN; INSOMNIA; IRRITABILITY; LABORATORY TEST; LIBIDO DISORDER; LUTEAL PHASE; MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY; MENTAL INSTABILITY; METHODOLOGY; MYALGIA; NAUSEA; NIGHT SWEAT; OOCYTE DONATION; OVARY HYPERSTIMULATION; OVULATION INDUCTION; PELVIS PAIN SYNDROME; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREGNANCY RATE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SKIN BRUISING; SPERM; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WEIGHT GAIN;

EID: 34347205202     PISSN: 01438042     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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