Acupuncture for polycystic ovarian syndrome
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Acupuncture for polycystic ovarian syndrome
BACKGROUND This systematic review aimed at summarizing and evaluating the evidence from randomized controlled trials (RCTs) using acupuncture to treat polycystic ovarian syndrome (PCOS), specifically focusing on ovulation rate, menstrual rate, and related hormones. METHODS Fifteen databases were searched electronically through February 2016. Our review included RCTs of women with PCOS; these ...
متن کاملCurrent evidence of acupuncture on polycystic ovarian syndrome.
OBJECTIVE This paper aims to provide a literature review on evaluating the efficacy of acupuncture therapy in the treatment of polycystic ovarian syndrome (PCOS) by reviewing clinical trials; randomised and non-randomised and observational studies on PCOS. The paper will also determine the possible mechanism of acupuncture treatment in PCOS, limitations of recruited studies and suggest further ...
متن کاملPolycystic ovarian syndrome.
Polycystic ovarian syndrome (PCOS) is the most common reproductive endocrinopathy of women during their childbearing years. A significant degree of controversy exists regarding the etiology of this syndrome, but there is a growing consensus that the key features include insulin resistance, androgen excess, and abnormal gonadotropin dynamics. Familial and genetic factors cause predisposition to ...
متن کاملPolycystic Ovarian Syndrome
PCOS was first recognized as a medical disease or syndrome in the West in 1845 in France. Its most distinctive sign is the pathologic appearance of sclerocystic changes on the larger than average ovaries, which appeared to have a thick, shiny, white coating overlying many rows of cysts on the surface of the ovary. These ovarian changes give PCOS its name. In 1990 a National Institute of Health ...
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Polycystic ovarian syndrome (PCOS), also known as SteinLeventhal syndrome, is a common gynecological disorder characterized by hypergonadotrophism, hirsutism, obesity, oligomenorrhea and commonly associated with infertility. PCOS is a complex clinical picture and presents a multifaceted etiology related to imbalance of the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal (HPA) axis, thyroid involvement and metab...
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عنوان ژورنال: Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews
سال: 2019
ISSN: 1465-1858
DOI: 10.1002/14651858.cd007689.pub4