The effects of so-called 'forbidden acupuncture points' on pregnancy outcome in Wistar rats

Forschende Komplementarmedizin

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 10-14

  Guerreiro Da Silva, André Vilella ^a,b   Nakamura, Mary Uchiyama ^a   Cordeiro, José Antônio ^b   Guerreiro Da Silva, João Bosco ^b   Mendes, Gloria E F ^b   Burdmann, Emmanuel A ^b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b Rio Preto Medical College   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Acupuncture; Adverse effects; Electroacupuncture; Obstetrics; Pregnancy; Rats

Indexed keywords

ACUPUNCTURE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ELECTROACUPUNCTURE; FEMALE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; RANDOMIZATION; RAT; VETERINARY ABORTION; WEIGHT GAIN; WISTAR RAT;

ABORTION, VETERINARY; ACUPUNCTURE POINTS; ANIMALS; ELECTROACUPUNCTURE; FEMALE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; RANDOM ALLOCATION; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; WEIGHT GAIN;

EID: 79952415851     PISSN: 16614119     EISSN: 16614127     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000323566     Document Type: Article

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