Effect of acupuncture on symptoms of anxiety in women undergoing in vitro fertilisation: A prospective randomised controlled study

Acupuncture in Medicine

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 85-88

  Isoyama, Daniela ^a   Cordts, Emerson Barchi ^a   De Souza Van Niewegen, Angela Mara Bentes ^a   De Almeida Pereira De Carvalho, Waldemar ^a   Matsumura, Simone Tiemi ^a   Barbosa, Caio Parente ^a  

^a FACULDADE DE MEDICINA DO ABC   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUPUNCTURE; ADULT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FEMALE INFERTILITY; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMAN; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ACUPUNCTURE POINTS; ACUPUNCTURE THERAPY; ADULT; ANXIETY; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMANS; INFERTILITY, FEMALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84862835710     PISSN: 09645284     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/acupmed-2011-010064     Document Type: Review

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