Acupuncture and clomiphene citrate for live birth in polycystic ovary syndrome: Study design of a randomized controlled trial

Evidence-based Complementary and Alternative Medicine

Volumn 2013, Issue , 2013, Pages

  Kuang, Hongying ^a   Li, Yan ^a   Wu, Xiaoke ^a   Hou, Lihui ^a   Wu, Taixiang ^b   Liu, Jianping ^c   Ng, Ernest Hung Yu ^d   Stener Victorin, Elisabet ^e   Legro, Richard S ^f   Zhang, Heping ^g  

^a HEILONGJIANG UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE MEDICINE   (China)

^b SICHUAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c BEIJING UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE MEDICINE   (China)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^e UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^f PENN STATE COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^g YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLOMIFENE CITRATE; PLACEBO;

ACUPUNCTURE; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHINA; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFICACY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFERTILITY THERAPY; LIVE BIRTH; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MULTICENTER STUDY; OVARY POLYCYSTIC DISEASE; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PATIENT SAFETY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; THERAPY EFFECT; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

EID: 84884275182     PISSN: 1741427X     EISSN: 17414288     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/2013/527303     Document Type: Article

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