Fertility and Sterility
Volume 85, Issue 5 , Pages 1359-1361 , May 2006

Acupuncture and infertility: we need to stick to good science

  • Alice D. Domar, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Domar Center for Complementary Healthcare, at Boston IVF, Massachusetts, USA
    • Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
    • ADD is the recipient of a recent grant from Organon Pharmaceuticals to study the impact of acupuncture on IVF patients but data collection is ongoing and no data has been analyzed.
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests: Alice D. Domar, Ph.D, Boston IVF, 130 Second Avenue, Waltham, Massachusetts 02451 (FAX: 718-370-2330).

Received 21 October 2005 ,Revised 27 October 2005 ,Accepted 27 October 2005.

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PII: S0015-0282(06)00210-X

doi: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2005.10.063

Fertility and Sterility
Volume 85, Issue 5 , Pages 1359-1361 , May 2006

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