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[Controlled study on acupuncture for treatment of endocrine dysfunctional infertility]
Ji-Ruo Yang1, Yan-Yan Ma, Ya-Li Liu
1Lanzhou City First People's Hospital, Gansu 730050, China.
Zhongguo Zhen Jiu = Chinese Acupuncture & Moxibustion
|December 3, 2005
Abstract
Objective:
To compare therapeutic effects of acupuncture and Western medicine for promoting ovalation on endocrine dysfunctional infertility.
Methods:
Two hundred and forty cases of infertility were randomly divided into an acupuncture group (n = 160) and a Western medicine group (n = 80). They were treated with acupuncture and clomiphene respectively and their therapeutic effects were compared.
Results:
The pregnancy rate was 65.0% in the acupuncture group and 45.0% in the Western medicine group with a significant difference between the two groups (P < 0.05).
Conclusion:
Acupuncture can cure endocrine dysfunctional infertility.