Decreasing bleeding due to uterine fibroid with electroacupuncture

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 96, Issue 1, 2011, Pages

  Akmak, Yusuf Özgur ^a   Akpnar, Ihsan Nuri ^b   Yoldemir, Tevfik ^b   Avdar, Safiye ^c  

^a YEDITEPE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b MARMARA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c MARMARA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

blood flow; electroacupuncture; Fibroid; menorrhagia; myoma; uterine

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW; CASE REPORT; DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; ELECTROACUPUNCTURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MENORRHAGIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UTERINE ARTERY; UTERUS BLEEDING; UTERUS MYOMA;

ELECTROACUPUNCTURE; FEMALE; HEMORRHAGE; HUMANS; LEIOMYOMA; MIDDLE AGED; UTERINE NEOPLASMS;

EID: 79959860809     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: 15565653     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2011.03.110     Document Type: Article

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