Acupuncture for infertility: Is it an effective therapy?

Chinese Journal of Integrative Medicine

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 386-395

  Huang, Dong Mei ^a   Huang, Guang Ying ^a   Lu, Fu Er ^a   Stefan, Dieterle ^b,c   Andreas, Neuer ^c   Robert, Greb ^c  

^a HUAZHONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WITTEN HERDECKE   (Germany)

^c Infertility Center of Dortmund   (Germany)

Author keywords

acupuncture; in vitro fertilization and embryo transfer; infertility; ovulation

Indexed keywords

BETA ENDORPHIN; CLOMIFENE CITRATE; DEXAMETHASONE; ESTRADIOL; FOLLITROPIN; GONADORELIN; GONADOTROPIN; HUMAN MENOPAUSAL GONADOTROPIN; LEVOTHYROXINE; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; NEUROPEPTIDE; PROGESTERONE; TESTOSTERONE;

ACUPUNCTURE; AMENORRHEA; ANXIETY; AZOOSPERMIA; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); DEPRESSION; ELECTROACUPUNCTURE; EMBRYO TRANSFER; ENDOCRINE SYSTEM; FEMALE INFERTILITY; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMAN; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS GONAD SYSTEM; IMMUNOMODULATION; INTRACYTOPLASMIC SPERM INJECTION; MALE INFERTILITY; META ANALYSIS (TOPIC); METABOLIC SYNDROME X; METABOLISM; MOXIBUSTION; MULTICENTER STUDY (TOPIC); NEUROENDOCRINE SYSTEM; OLIGOMENORRHEA; OLIGOSPERMIA; OVARY BLOOD FLOW; OVARY CYCLE; OVARY HYPERSTIMULATION; OVARY INSUFFICIENCY; OVARY POLYCYSTIC DISEASE; PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REVIEW; STRESS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UTERUS BLOOD FLOW; UTERUS CONTRACTILITY;

ACUPUNCTURE THERAPY; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMANS; INFERTILITY; MEDICINE, CHINESE TRADITIONAL; OVULATION;

EID: 79960138425     PISSN: 16720415     EISSN: 19930402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11655-011-0611-8     Document Type: Review

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