Acupuncture for ovulation induction in polycystic ovary syndrome: A randomized controlled trial

American Journal of Physiology - Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 304, Issue 9, 2013, Pages

  Johansson, Julia ^a   Redman, Leanne ^b   Veldhuis, Paula P ^c   Sazonova, Antonina ^d   Labrie, Fernand ^e,f   Holm, Göran ^a   Johannsson, Gudmundur ^a   Stener Victorin, Elisabet ^a,g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^b Pennington Biomedical Research Center   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^d SAHLGRENSKA ACADEMY AT UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^e LAVAL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^f AL IMAM MOHAMMAD IBN SAUD ISLAMIC UNIVERSITY IMSIU   (Saudi Arabia)

^g HEILONGJIANG UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE MEDICINE   (China)

Author keywords

Acupuncture; Lh pulsatility; Ovulation; Polycystic ovary syndrome; Sex steroids

Indexed keywords

ANDROSTANE 3ALPHA,17BETA DIOL 17 GLUCURONIDE; ANDROSTANE 3ALPHA,17BETA DIOL 3 GLUCURONIDE; ANDROSTANOLONE; ANDROSTENEDIONE; ANDROSTERONE DERIVATIVE; ANDROSTERONE GLUCURONIDE; CHOLESTEROL; ESTRADIOL; ESTRONE; ESTRONE SULFATE; FOLLITROPIN; GLUCOSE; GLUCURONIDE; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; HYDROCORTISONE; INHIBIN B; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; MUELLERIAN INHIBITING FACTOR; PRASTERONE; PRASTERONE SULFATE; SEX HORMONE; TESTOSTERONE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROACUPUNCTURE; ELECTROSTIMULATION THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYDROCORTISONE BLOOD LEVEL; LEAN BODY WEIGHT; LUTEINIZING HORMONE RELEASE; OBESITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; OVARY POLYCYSTIC DISEASE; OVULATION INDUCTION; PHYSIOTHERAPIST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; STEROID RELEASE;

ACUPUNCTURE; LH PULSATILITY; OVULATION; POLYCYSTIC OVARY SYNDROME; SEX STEROIDS;

ACUPUNCTURE THERAPY; ADRENAL CORTEX HORMONES; ADULT; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; FEMALE; FOLLICLE STIMULATING HORMONE; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; GONADAL STEROID HORMONES; HUMANS; IMMUNOASSAY; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; OVERWEIGHT; OVULATION; POLYCYSTIC OVARY SYNDROME; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SAMPLE SIZE; TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84878535486     PISSN: 01931849     EISSN: 15221555     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpendo.00039.2013     Document Type: Article

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