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Randomized Controlled Trial
. 2009 Oct;92(4):1340-1343.
doi: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2009.02.041. Epub 2009 Apr 25.

A prospective randomized placebo-controlled study of the effect of acupuncture in infertile patients with severe oligoasthenozoospermia

Stefan Dieterle  1 , Chunfang Li  2 , Robert Greb  3 , Felix Bartzsch  4 , Wolfgang Hatzmann  4 , Dongmei Huang  5
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Randomized Controlled Trial

A prospective randomized placebo-controlled study of the effect of acupuncture in infertile patients with severe oligoasthenozoospermia

Stefan Dieterle et al. Fertil Steril. 2009 Oct.
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Abstract

In this first prospective, randomized, single-blind, placebo-controlled study, 28 infertile patients with severe oligoasthenozoospermia received acupuncture according to the principles of traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) and 29 infertile patients received placebo acupuncture. A significantly higher percentage of motile sperm (World Health Organization categories A-C), but no effect on sperm concentration, was found after acupuncture compared with placebo acupuncture.

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