title: [Controlled study on acupuncture for treatment of endocrine dysfunctional infertility].
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Lanzhou City First People's Hospital, Gansu 730050, China.
authors.forename: Ji-Ruo
authors.initials: JR
authors.lastname: Yang
authors.forename: Yan-Yan
authors.initials: YY
authors.lastname: Ma
authors.forename: Ya-Li
authors.initials: YL
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.forename: Hui-Ling
authors.initials: HL
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Zhen
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Liu
mesh_terms: D015669:Acupuncture Points; D015670:Acupuncture Therapy; D002996:Clomiphene; D006801:Humans; D007246:Infertility; D008516:Medicine, Chinese Traditional; D018873:Pregnancy Rate
chemical_list: D002996:Clomiphene