RCT of real versus placebo acupuncture in IVF

Human Reproduction

Volumn 24, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 1769-1770

  Ricci, Giuseppe ^a   Lo Bello, Leila ^a   Skerk, Kristina ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TRIESTE   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PLACEBO;

ACUPUNCTURE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMAN; LETTER; LIVE BIRTH; METHODOLOGY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREGNANCY RATE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SAMPLE SIZE; THERAPY EFFECT; EMBRYO TRANSFER; ENDOMETRIUM; NOTE; PREGNANCY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; VASCULARIZATION;

ACUPUNCTURE THERAPY; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; EMBRYO TRANSFER; ENDOMETRIUM; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMANS; PLACEBOS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY RATE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; RESEARCH DESIGN; SAMPLE SIZE;

EID: 69149083964     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: 14602350     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humrep/dep183     Document Type: Letter

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