Point- and frequency-specific response of the testicular artery to abdominal electroacupuncture in humans

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 90, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 1732-1738

  Cakmak, Yusuf Ozgur ^a   Akpinar, Ihsan Nuri ^a   Ekinci, Gazanfer ^a   Bekiroglu, Nural ^a  

^a MARMARA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

blood flow; Electroacupuncture; ST 29 (guilai); testis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTERY; ARTERY BLOOD FLOW; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; ELECTROACUPUNCTURE; HUMAN; MALE; NEEDLE; NORMAL HUMAN; PERITONEAL CAVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; TESTIS; TESTIS ARTERY; THERAPY EFFECT; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT RESPONSE; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

ABDOMEN; ACUPUNCTURE POINTS; ADULT; ARTERIES; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; ELECTROACUPUNCTURE; HUMANS; INFERTILITY, MALE; LASER-DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REGIONAL BLOOD FLOW; TESTIS;

EID: 55149096379     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2007.08.013     Document Type: Article

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