Acupuncture to treat common reproductive health complaints: An overview of the evidence

Autonomic Neuroscience: Basic and Clinical

Volumn 157, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 52-56

  Smith, Caroline A ^a   Carmady, Bridget ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Acupuncture; Randomised controlled trial; Systematic review; Women's reproductive health

Indexed keywords

ACUPUNCTURE; AMENORRHEA; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; DYSMENORRHEA; FEMALE; GYNECOLOGIC DISEASE; HEADACHE; HUMAN; MENOPAUSAL SYNDROME; MENORRHAGIA; MENSTRUAL HEADACHE; OVARY POLYCYSTIC DISEASE; PREMENSTRUAL SYNDROME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ACUPUNCTURE THERAPY; DATABASES, FACTUAL; DYSMENORRHEA; FEMALE; HUMANS; POLYCYSTIC OVARY SYNDROME; PREMENSTRUAL SYNDROME; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC;

EID: 77957868879     PISSN: 15660702     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.autneu.2010.03.013     Document Type: Article

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