Acupuncture for frozen-thawed embryo transfer cycles: A double-blind randomized controlled trial

Reproductive BioMedicine Online

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 814-821

  Wing Sze So, Emily ^a   Ng, Ernest Hung Yu ^a   Yeuk Wong, Yu ^a   Shu Biu Yeung, William ^a   Chung Ho, Pak ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Acupuncture; Frozen thawed embryo transfer; Pregnancy rate

Indexed keywords

HYDROCORTISONE; PLACEBO;

ACUPUNCTURE; ADULT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; EMBRYO; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; FREEZE THAWING; FROZEN THAWED EMBRYO TRANSFER; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HYDROCORTISONE BLOOD LEVEL; IMPLANTATION; LIVE BIRTH; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREGNANCY RATE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TREATMENT DURATION;

EID: 77957811634     PISSN: 14726483     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rbmo.2010.02.024     Document Type: Article

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