Are acupuncture-type interventions beneficial for correcting breech presentation?

Complementary Therapies in Medicine

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 238-239

  Lee, Myeong Soo ^a,b  

^a PENINSULA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b Korea Institute of Oriental Medicine (KIOM)   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PLACEBO;

ACUPUNCTURE; BREECH PRESENTATION; CHI SQUARE TEST; CLINICAL TRIAL; COHORT ANALYSIS; ELECTROACUPUNCTURE; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LETTER; METHODOLOGY; MOXIBUSTION; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS;

ACUPUNCTURE THERAPY; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; BREECH PRESENTATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; PREGNANCY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC;

EID: 47049093644     PISSN: 09652299     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ctim.2008.05.002     Document Type: Letter

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