Acupuncture on the day of embryo transfer: A randomized controlled trial of 635 patients

Reproductive BioMedicine Online

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 366-372

  Andersen, Dorthe ^a   Løssl, Kristine ^a   Nyboe Andersen, Anders ^a   Fürbringer, Jeanette ^b   Bach, Helle ^c   Simonsen, Jannie ^d   Larsen, Elisabeth C ^a  

^a Rigshospitalet   (Denmark)

^b HVIDOVRE HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^c GENTOFTE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^d ODENSE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

acupuncture; assisted reproduction; embryo transfer; ongoing pregnancy rate

Indexed keywords

PLACEBO;

ACUPUNCTURE; ADULT; ARTICLE; BIRTH RATE; CHINESE MEDICINE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HORMONAL REGULATION; HUMAN; INTRACYTOPLASMIC SPERM INJECTION; LIVE BIRTH; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEEDLE; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PREGNANCY RATE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL;

ACUPUNCTURE THERAPY; ADULT; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFERTILITY; MALE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPERM INJECTIONS, INTRACYTOPLASMIC;

EID: 77957825224     PISSN: 14726483     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rbmo.2010.03.029     Document Type: Article

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