Traditional dry cupping therapy versus medroxyprogesterone acetate in the treatment of idiopathic menorrhagia: A randomized controlled trial

Iranian Red Crescent Medical Journal

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2018, Pages

  Azizkhani, Mohammad ^a   Vahid Dastjerdi, Marzieh ^b   Tabaraee Arani, Maliheh ^a   Pirjani, Reyhaneh ^c   Sepidarkish, Mahdi ^d   Ghorat, Fereshteh ^e   Karimi, Mehrdad ^a  

^a TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^c TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^d ROYAN INSTITUTE FOR REPRODUCTIVE BIOMEDICINE   (Iran)

^e SABZEVAR UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Complementary medicine; Cupping; Metrorrhagia; Traditional medicine; Uterine hemorrhage

Indexed keywords

MEDROXYPROGESTERONE ACETATE;

ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRY CUPPING THERAPY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; IDIOPATHIC MENORRHAGIA; LUTEAL PHASE; MENORRHAGIA; MENSTRUATION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SAMPLE SIZE;

EID: 85047006880     PISSN: 20741804     EISSN: 20741812     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5812/ircmj.60508     Document Type: Article

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