Side-effects of moxibustion for cephalic version of breech presentation

Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine

Volumn 14, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 1231-1233

  Guittier, Marie Julia ^a,b   Klein, Tamara Jauch ^a   Dong, Hongguang ^a   Andreoli, Nicole ^a   Irion, Olivier ^a   Boulvain, Michel ^a  

^a GENEVA UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES WESTERN SWITZERLAND   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BREECH PRESENTATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FETAL WELL BEING; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; MOXIBUSTION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATING SCALE;

BREECH PRESENTATION; CARDIOTOCOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART RATE, FETAL; HUMANS; MEDICINE, CHINESE TRADITIONAL; MOXIBUSTION; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, THIRD; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VERSION, FETAL;

EID: 58149267744     PISSN: 10755535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/acm.2008.0134     Document Type: Article

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