Acupuncture as a therapeutic treatment option for threatened miscarriage

BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine

Volumn 12, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Betts, Debra ^a   Smith, Caroline A ^a   Hannah, Dahlen G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUPUNCTURE; ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME ABERRATION; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREMATURE FETUS MEMBRANE RUPTURE; PRENATAL CARE; RECURRENT ABORTION; SPONTANEOUS ABORTION; VAGINA BLEEDING; FEMALE; IMMINENT ABORTION; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; UTERUS BLEEDING;

ABORTION, SPONTANEOUS; ABORTION, THREATENED; ACUPUNCTURE THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; UTERINE HEMORRHAGE;

EID: 84862794598     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726882     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6882-12-20     Document Type: Article

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