Influence of acupuncture on the outcomes of in vitro fertilisation when embryo implantation has failed: A prospective randomised controlled clinical trial

Acupuncture in Medicine

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 157-161

  Di Villahermosa, Daniela Isoyama Manca ^a   Dos Santos, Lara Guercio ^a   Nogueira, Mariana Balthazar ^a   Vilarino, Fabia Lima ^a   Barbosa, Caio Parente ^a  

^a FACULDADE DE MEDICINA DO ABC   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUPUNCTURE; ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FEMALE INFERTILITY; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; GYNECOLOGY; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; MULTIMODALITY CANCER THERAPY; NIDATION; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REPRODUCTION; SPONTANEOUS ABORTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

ACUPUNCTURE; GYNAECOLOGY; REPRODUCTIVE MEDICINE;

ABORTION, SPONTANEOUS; ACUPUNCTURE THERAPY; ADULT; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; EMBRYO IMPLANTATION; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMANS; INFERTILITY, FEMALE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOMEN'S HEALTH; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84878481375     PISSN: 09645284     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/acupmed-2012-010269     Document Type: Article

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