Increase of success rate for women undergoing embryo transfer by transcutaneous electrical acupoint stimulation: A prospective randomized placebo-controlled study

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 96, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 912-916

  Zhang, Rong ^a   Feng, Xiao Jun ^b   Guan, Qun ^b   Cui, Wei ^b   Zheng, Ying ^b   Sun, Wei ^b   Han, Ji Sheng ^a  

^a PEKING UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (China)

^b SHANDONG UNIVERSITY OF TRADITIONAL CHINESE MEDICINE   (China)

Author keywords

Acupuncture; embryo transfer (ET); in vitro fertilization (IVF); intracytoplasmic sperm injection (ICSI); pregnancy rate (PR); transcutaneous electrical acupoint stimulation (TEAS)

Indexed keywords

PLACEBO;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIRTH RATE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYOPRESERVATION; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FEMALE; FEMALE INFERTILITY; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMAN; INTRACYTOPLASMIC SPERM INJECTION; LIVE BIRTH; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PREGNANCY RATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; TRANSCUTANEOUS ELECTRICAL ACUPOINT STIMULATION; TRANSCUTANEOUS NERVE STIMULATION;

ACUPUNCTURE POINTS; ADULT; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FEMALE; HUMANS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY RATE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD; TRANSCUTANEOUS ELECTRIC NERVE STIMULATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 80053333605     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: 15565653     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2011.07.1093     Document Type: Article

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