Chinese herbal medicine for female infertility: An updated meta-analysis

Complementary Therapies in Medicine

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 116-128

  Ried, Karin ^a  

^a National Institute of Integrative Medicine   (Australia)

Author keywords

Infertility; Meta analysis; Pregnancy rate; Traditional chinese herbal medicine

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; CHINESE DRUG; CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; CLOMIFENE; CLOMIFENE CITRATE; CYPROTERONE ACETATE PLUS ETHINYLESTRADIOL; DANAZOL; GESTRINONE; HERBACEOUS AGENT; HUMAN MENOPAUSAL GONADOTROPIN; JIU TENG ZHU YU; MEDROXYPROGESTERONE; PREDNISOLONE; TAMOXIFEN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WEN JING TANG;

ANOVULATION; ARTICLE; BASAL BODY TEMPERATURE; CHINESE MEDICINE; ENDOMETRIAL THICKNESS; ENDOMETRIOSIS; FEMALE INFERTILITY; HUMAN; META ANALYSIS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; OVARY POLYCYSTIC DISEASE; OVULATION; PREGNANCY RATE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TREATMENT DURATION; UTERINE CERVIX MUCUS; UTERINE TUBE OCCLUSION; WESTERN MEDICINE; FEMALE; INFERTILITY, FEMALE; PHYTOTHERAPY; PROCEDURES;

DRUGS, CHINESE HERBAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFERTILITY, FEMALE; MEDICINE, CHINESE TRADITIONAL; PHYTOTHERAPY;

EID: 84921742667     PISSN: 09652299     EISSN: 18736963     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ctim.2014.12.004     Document Type: Article

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