[Controlled study on acupuncture for treatment of endocrine dysfunctional infertility].
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).


CONCLUSIONS
Acupuncture can cure endocrine dysfunctional infertility.
Yang
Ji-Ruo
JR
Lanzhou City First People's Hospital, Gansu 730050, China.
Ma
Yan-Yan
YY
Liu
Ya-Li
YL
Wang
Hui-Ling
HL
Liu
Zhen
Z
D015669:Acupuncture Points; D015670:Acupuncture Therapy; D002996:Clomiphene; D006801:Humans; D007246:Infertility; D008516:Medicine, Chinese Traditional; D018873:Pregnancy Rate
D002996:Clomiphene