Effectiveness of electroacupuncture for polycystic ovary syndrome: Study protocol for a randomized controlled trial

Trials

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2016, Pages

  Chen, Jiao ^a   Feng, Shuwei ^a   Zeng, Jiuzhi ^b   Wu, Xi ^a   Yang, Mingxiao ^a   Tang, Hongzhi ^c   Fan, Huaying ^a   Yang, Jie ^a   Liang, Fanrong ^a  

^a CHENGDU UNIVERSITY OF TRADITIONAL CHINESE MEDICINE   (China)

^b Maternal and Child Health Hospital of Sichuan Province   (China)

^c Sichuan Orthopedics Hospital   (China)

Author keywords

Effectiveness; Electroacupuncture; Polycystic ovary syndrome; RCT; Study protocol

Indexed keywords

CLOMIFENE CITRATE; ESTRADIOL; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; CLOMIFENE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; COMPARATIVE EFFECTIVENESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROACUPUNCTURE; ENDOMETRIAL THICKNESS; ESTRADIOL BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; FEMALE GENITAL TRACT PARAMETERS; FOLLICULAR SIZE; HUMAN; LUTEINIZING HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MONOTHERAPY; MULTICENTER STUDY; OPEN STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; OVARY POLYCYSTIC DISEASE; OVULATION; OVULATION PREDICTION; PREGNANCY RATE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; METHODOLOGY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; CLINICAL PROTOCOLS; CLOMIPHENE; ELECTROACUPUNCTURE; FEMALE; HUMANS; POLYCYSTIC OVARY SYNDROME; RESEARCH DESIGN; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84969577554     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17456215     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s13063-016-1375-4     Document Type: Article

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