Acupuncture for polycystic ovarian syndrome

Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews

Volumn , Issue 2, 2009, Pages

  Lim, Danforn C E ^a   Xue, Charlie Changli ^b   Wong, Felix W S ^c   O'Sullivan, Anthony J ^a   Jian, Ping Liu ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b RMIT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^d BEIJING UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE MEDICINE   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLOMIFENE CITRATE;

ACUPUNCTURE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CLINICAL TRIAL; FEMALE; FEMALE FERTILITY; FEMALE SUBFERTILITY; HUMAN; LIVE BIRTH; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; META ANALYSIS; MULTIPLE PREGNANCY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; OVARY POLYCYSTIC DISEASE; OVULATION; PATIENT SAFETY; PREGNANCY RATE; REVIEW; SPONTANEOUS ABORTION; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; THERAPY EFFECT;

EID: 70349094048     PISSN: 1469493X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD007689     Document Type: Review

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