Fertility and Sterility
Volume 91, Issue 3 , Pages 723-726 , March 2009

The impact of acupuncture on in vitro fertilization outcome

  • Alice D. Domar, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Boston IVF, Inc., Waltham
    • Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston
    • Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests: Alice D. Domar, Ph.D., Boston IVF, Inc., 130 Second Avenue, Waltham MA 02451 (FAX: 781-370-2399).
    • ,
  • Irene Meshay, A.D.

      Affiliations

    • Boston IVF, Inc., Waltham
    • ,
  • Joseph Kelliher, M.A., L.Ac.

      Affiliations

    • Boston IVF, Inc., Waltham
    • ,
  • Michael Alper, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Boston IVF, Inc., Waltham
    • Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston
    • Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts
    • ,
  • R. Douglas Powers, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Boston IVF, Inc., Waltham

Received 2 October 2007 ,Revised 3 January 2008 ,Accepted 3 January 2008.

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 A.D.D. has nothing to disclose. I.M. has nothing to disclose. J.K. has nothing to disclose. M.A. has nothing to disclose. R.D.P. is currently an employee of InCept Pharmaceuticals.

 Supported by a grant from Organon USA.

 Presented at American Society for Reproductive Medicine, New Orleans, October 23–25, 2006.

 Dr. Powers is currently an employee of InCept Biosystems.

PII: S0015-0282(08)00012-5

doi: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2008.01.018

Fertility and Sterility
Volume 91, Issue 3 , Pages 723-726 , March 2009

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