Fertility and Sterility
Volume 77, Issue 4 , Pages 721-724 , April 2002

Influence of acupuncture on the pregnancy rate in patients who undergo assisted reproduction therapy

  • Wolfgang E Paulus, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests: Wolfgang E. Paulus, M.D., Christian-Lauritzen-Institut, Frauenstr. 51, D-89073, Ulm, Germany (FAX: ++49-731-9665130)
    • Department of Reproductive Medicine, Christian-Lauritzen-Institut, Ulm, Germany
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  • Mingmin Zhang, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Tongji Hospital, Tongji Medical University, Wuhan, People’s Republic of China
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  • Erwin Strehler, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Reproductive Medicine, Christian-Lauritzen-Institut, Ulm, Germany
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  • Imam El-Danasouri, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Reproductive Medicine, Christian-Lauritzen-Institut, Ulm, Germany
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  • Karl Sterzik, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Reproductive Medicine, Christian-Lauritzen-Institut, Ulm, Germany

Received 5 June 2001 ,Revised 16 October 2001 ,Accepted 16 October 2001.

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