Acupuncture for female subfertility

Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews

Volumn 2013, Issue 3, 2013, Pages

  Zhu, Xiaoshu ^a   Lim, Chi Eung Danforn ^b   Nagels, Helen E ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUPUNCTURE; ARTICLE; AZOOSPERMIA; CHINESE MEDICINE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ECTOPIC PREGNANCY; ENDOMETRIOSIS; ENDOMETRIUM POLYP; FEMALE SUBFERTILITY; HEADACHE; HUMAN; HYDROSALPINX; INCIDENCE; INTERVENTION STUDY; META ANALYSIS; MULTIPLE PREGNANCY; OLIGOSPERMIA; OVARY HYPERSTIMULATION; OVARY INSUFFICIENCY; OVARY POLYCYSTIC DISEASE; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; SAFETY PROCEDURE; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SPERMATOZOON COUNT; SPONTANEOUS ABORTION; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; THERAPY EFFECT; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UTERUS MYOMA; UTERUS SYNECHIA;

EID: 85040456354     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1469493X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD010462     Document Type: Article

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