Effects of acupuncture on the outcome of in vitro fertilisation and intracytoplasmic sperm injection in women with polycystic ovarian syndrome

Acupuncture in Medicine

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 151-156

  Rashidi, Batool Hossein ^a   Tehrani, Ensieh Shahrokh ^a   Hamedani, Navid Alhosseini ^a   Pirzadeh, Leila ^a  

^a TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUPUNCTURE; ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO TRANSFER; ENDOCRINOLOGY; FEMALE; FEMALE INFERTILITY; HUMAN; INTRACYTOPLASMIC SPERM INJECTION; IRAN; METHODOLOGY; MULTIMODALITY CANCER THERAPY; OVARY POLYCYSTIC DISEASE; PREGNANCY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REPRODUCTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

ACUPUNCTURE; ENDOCRINOLOGY; REPRODUCTIVE MEDICINE;

ACUPUNCTURE THERAPY; ADULT; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFERTILITY, FEMALE; IRAN; POLYCYSTIC OVARY SYNDROME; PREGNANCY; SPERM INJECTIONS, INTRACYTOPLASMIC; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOMEN'S HEALTH; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84878473561     PISSN: 09645284     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/acupmed-2012-010198     Document Type: Article

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