Acupuncture - Help, harm, or placebo?

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 99, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 1821-1824

  Meldrum, David R ^a   Fisher, Andrew R ^b   Butts, Samantha F ^b   Su, H Irene ^c   Sammel, Mary D ^d  

^a Reproductive Partners Medical Group   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d Center for Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics   (United States)

Author keywords

Acupuncture; meta analysis; placebo; Streitberger control

Indexed keywords

PLACEBO;

ACUPUNCTURE; ACUPUNCTURE NEEDLE; ARTICLE; BIRTH RATE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; META ANALYSIS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; STUDY DESIGN;

ACUPUNCTURE THERAPY; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMANS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY RATE;

EID: 84878512136     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: 15565653     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2012.12.046     Document Type: Article

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