Can Chinese herbal medicine improve outcomes of in vitro fertilization? A systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 12, 2013, Pages

  Cao, Huijuan ^a   Han, Mei ^a   Ng, Ernest H Y ^b   Wu, Xiaoke ^c   Flower, Andrew ^d   Lewith, George ^d   Liu, Jian Ping ^a  

^a BEIJING UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE MEDICINE   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^c HEILONGJIANG UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE MEDICINE   (China)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AN TAI; CU PAI LUAN; ERZHI TIANGUI; FOLLITROPIN; GONADORELIN AGONIST; HERBACEOUS AGENT; HUA YU; QU YU JIE DU; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WENSHEN YANGXUE ANTAI; XIAO YAO; ZI SHEN YU TAI;

ABSENCE OF SIDE EFFECTS; ARTICLE; CHINESE MEDICINE; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FEMALE INFERTILITY; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HERBAL MEDICINE; HUMAN; META ANALYSIS; NIDATION; OVARY HYPERSTIMULATION; PREGNANCY RATE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REPRODUCTIVE TOXICITY; SPONTANEOUS ABORTION; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; PROCEDURES;

DRUGS, CHINESE HERBAL; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMANS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC;

EID: 84892404729     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0081650     Document Type: Article

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