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1 | (40) |
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Fertility Treatment---Its Social and Cultural Context |
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2 | (6) |
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Reduced Fertility---Epidemiology---Causes.. |
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2 | (2) |
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Reproduction and Sexuality |
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4 | (1) |
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In the West--Christianity, Enlightenment, and the ``Pill'' |
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4 | (1) |
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In the East---Confucianism, Buddhism, Daoism, and Modern China |
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5 | (1) |
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6 | (2) |
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8 | (5) |
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8 | (1) |
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Circumstances of Conception---Criteria |
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8 | (2) |
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Instrumentalization---Intervention in Fertility Treatment |
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10 | (1) |
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Love, Sex, and Reproduction |
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11 | (1) |
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12 | (1) |
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Guanyin---Goddess of Fertility |
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13 | (5) |
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13 | (1) |
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Starting a Family in China |
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13 | (1) |
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Legend---Who is Guanyin and Where Does She Come From? |
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13 | (1) |
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14 | (1) |
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Guanyin---A Mother Goddess |
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14 | (1) |
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Song Zi Niang Niang---The Woman Who Can Bestow Children |
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14 | (1) |
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15 | (1) |
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16 | (1) |
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Transmitting Symbolism to the West |
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16 | (2) |
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The Wish for Sons---Woman and Family in Imperial China---Qiu Zi |
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18 | (10) |
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18 | (1) |
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18 | (1) |
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19 | (1) |
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Legitimization by the Philosophers |
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19 | (1) |
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20 | (1) |
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Physically Tied by Bound Feet |
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20 | (1) |
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21 | (1) |
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Continuation of the Family in the Afterlife |
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21 | (1) |
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22 | (1) |
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22 | (1) |
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23 | (1) |
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23 | (1) |
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23 | (2) |
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25 | (1) |
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Couldn't It Have Been Different? |
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26 | (2) |
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Advice on Successful Sexual Intercourse from the Medical Classics |
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28 | (13) |
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How Often is the Man Allowed? Containing the Damage in Spite of ``Jing Loss'' |
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28 | (3) |
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``The Soldier is not Ready for Action'' |
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31 | (2) |
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When She Can't Do as She Wants |
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33 | (1) |
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The When and Where Must be Heeded as Well |
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33 | (3) |
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No Offspring Even Though Everything Was Done Correctly? |
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36 | (2) |
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Pregnant at Last---Now How to Avoid Mistakes? |
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38 | (3) |
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Fertility Treatment and Pregnancy---Reproductive Medicine and TCM in Meaningful Cooperation |
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41 | (32) |
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Fertility Treatment and Pregnancy---Reproductive Medicine and TCM in Meaningful Cooperation |
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42 | (31) |
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42 | (1) |
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Requirements for a Successful Pregnancy |
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42 | (3) |
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Causes of Subfertility and Infertility in Women and Men |
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45 | (1) |
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The Four Phases of the Menstrual Cycle from the Western and TCM Perspective |
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45 | (1) |
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Probabilities of Pregnancy |
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45 | (2) |
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Causes of Subfertility and Infertility in Women and Men |
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47 | (1) |
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Diagnosis of Subfertility, Infertility, and Sterility |
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48 | (2) |
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Symptothermal Method of Natural Family Planning |
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50 | (2) |
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Biomedical Methods for the Treatment of Infertility and Sterility |
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52 | (1) |
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Hormone Therapy for Cycle Optimization |
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52 | (1) |
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Intrauterine Insemination |
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53 | (1) |
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53 | (1) |
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Intracytoplasmatic Sperm Injection |
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54 | (1) |
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Methods to Complement IVF and ICSI |
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55 | (2) |
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Risks of Treatment with Reproductive Medicine |
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57 | (1) |
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Risks to the Woman in the Stimulation Phase |
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57 | (1) |
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Risks to the Woman during Punction |
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57 | (1) |
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Risks to the Woman after the Embryo Transfer |
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57 | (1) |
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57 | (1) |
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Risks to Children Born after Assisted Reproduction |
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58 | (1) |
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58 | (1) |
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Options of TCM in the Treatment of Infertility and Sterility |
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58 | (1) |
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Special Characteristics of TCM Diagnosis and Therapy |
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59 | (1) |
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Diagnostic Procedures in TCM |
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59 | (4) |
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Therapeutic Options of TCM when Assisting Reproductive Medicine |
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63 | (2) |
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Cooperation between TCM and Biomedicine |
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65 | (1) |
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65 | (1) |
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Case History 1: Female patient, 38 years (IUI) |
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65 | (1) |
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Case History 2: Female patient, 42 years (IUI) |
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66 | (2) |
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Case History 3: Female patient, 38 years (IUI) |
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68 | (1) |
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Case History 4: Female patient, 39 years (IVF) |
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68 | (2) |
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Case History 5: Female patient, 38 years (ICSI) |
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70 | (1) |
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70 | (3) |
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Fertility Treatment and Pregnancy---Foundations of TCM |
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73 | (28) |
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Physiology and Pathology of Fertility and Reproduction from the TCM Perspective |
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74 | (18) |
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The Energies Jing, Qi, and Xue |
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74 | (5) |
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The Extraordinary Vessels |
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79 | (1) |
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The Energetic Interplay of the Extraordinary Vessels |
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80 | (1) |
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81 | (1) |
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Physiology and Pathology of the Kidney |
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81 | (2) |
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Physiology and Pathology of the Liver |
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83 | (1) |
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Physiology and Pathology of the Spleen |
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84 | (1) |
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Physiology and Pathology of the Heart |
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85 | (1) |
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Physiology and Pathology of the Lung |
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86 | (1) |
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The Physiology of Menstruation from the TCM Perspective |
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86 | (1) |
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87 | (1) |
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Key Patterns of Female Infertility |
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88 | (1) |
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88 | (1) |
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88 | (1) |
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The Pathology of Infertility from the TCM Perspective |
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88 | (1) |
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Summary of Infertility in Tables |
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89 | (3) |
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Worth a Thousand in Gold---The Quest for Perfect Children in Early China |
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92 | (9) |
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92 | (1) |
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Sun Simiao and the Bei Ji Qian Jin Yao Fang |
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92 | (2) |
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Fertility Treatments in the Qian Jin Fang |
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94 | (3) |
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97 | (1) |
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Pregnancy Treatments in the Qian Jin Fang |
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98 | (3) |
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Options and Methods in Fertility Treatment |
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101 | (59) |
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102 | (10) |
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Qi Gong and its Medical Applications |
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102 | (1) |
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Qi Cong for Fertility Treatment in China |
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103 | (1) |
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103 | (1) |
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Exercise and Therapy Plan |
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104 | (1) |
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Qi Gong as Treatment by the Practitioner |
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104 | (1) |
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Qi Gong as Self-treatment |
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105 | (7) |
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112 | (7) |
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Effect and Application in Infertility |
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112 | (3) |
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Description of a Tui Na Technique and its Effect |
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115 | (2) |
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Self-massage in Infertility |
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117 | (2) |
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119 | (7) |
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119 | (1) |
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119 | (2) |
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Range of Applications for Moxibustion |
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121 | (1) |
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Treatment Principles of Moxibustion |
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121 | (1) |
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The Use of Moxibustion in Fertility Treatment |
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121 | (2) |
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Cold Stagnating in the Lower Abdomen (``Cold Lower Abdomen'') in Women |
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123 | (1) |
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Localization and Application |
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123 | (1) |
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The Most Important Points in the Treatment of Infertility |
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123 | (1) |
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Problems in the Application of Moxa Therapy |
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124 | (1) |
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Application in the Hospital or Clinic |
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124 | (1) |
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124 | (1) |
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124 | (2) |
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126 | (12) |
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Points on the Pubic Line 5 Cun below the Navel |
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126 | (3) |
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Points on the Line 4 Cun below the Navel |
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129 | (2) |
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Points on the Line 3 Cun below the Navel |
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131 | (1) |
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Points on the Line 2 Cun below the Navel |
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132 | (2) |
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Points on the Line 1 Cun below the Navel |
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134 | (1) |
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Important Points on the Liver Channel |
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135 | (3) |
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138 | (13) |
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Food Culture and Dietetics |
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138 | (1) |
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To Preserve and Protect Jing |
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139 | (2) |
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Certified Organic Food and its Preparation |
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141 | (1) |
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142 | (1) |
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142 | (1) |
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142 | (2) |
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Recommended Diet for Boosting Kidney Yin |
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144 | (1) |
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Recommended Diet for Building Blood |
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145 | (1) |
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Dampness, Phlegm, and Food |
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146 | (1) |
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Recommended Diet for Transforming Dampness and Phlegm |
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147 | (2) |
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149 | (1) |
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Recommended Diet for Blood Stasis |
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150 | (1) |
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Chinese Medicinal Therapy in Threatened or Recurrent Miscarriage and in Pregnancy |
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151 | (9) |
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Miscarriage and Recurrent Pregnancy Loss from the Perspective of Western Medicine |
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151 | (1) |
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151 | (1) |
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151 | (1) |
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151 | (1) |
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152 | (1) |
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152 | (1) |
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152 | (1) |
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Miscarriage and Recurrent Pregnancy Loss from the TCM Perspective |
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153 | (1) |
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153 | (4) |
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Missed, Septic, or Incomplete Abortion |
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157 | (1) |
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157 | (2) |
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159 | (1) |
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Chinese Medicinal Therapy during Pregnancy |
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159 | (1) |
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Contraindications for Chinese Medicinals |
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159 | (1) |
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160 | (1) |
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160 | (171) |
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To be Used with Caution During Pregnancy |
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160 | (1) |
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Contraindicated during Pregnancy |
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161 | (1) |
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Formula Shao Fu Zhu Yu Tang---Decoction for Treating Infertility |
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162 | (15) |
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162 | (1) |
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The Traditional Formula Shao Fu Zhu Yu Tang |
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162 | (2) |
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164 | (1) |
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164 | (1) |
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The Application of Shao Fu Zhu Yu Tang in Modern Clinical Practice |
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165 | (1) |
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The Treatment of 41 Female Infertility Patients |
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166 | (1) |
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The Treatment of Infertility Caused by Blocked Fallopian Tubes |
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166 | (1) |
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The Treatment of 40 Female Infertility Patients |
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167 | (1) |
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The Treatment of 12 Female Infertility Patients |
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168 | (1) |
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The Treatment of Immune Infertility Caused by Endometriosis |
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169 | (1) |
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The Treatment of 20 Patients with Semen Liquefaction Problems |
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170 | (1) |
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171 | (1) |
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Infertility with Dysmenorrhea |
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171 | (1) |
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172 | (1) |
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172 | (1) |
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173 | (1) |
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Infertility with Amenorrhea |
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173 | (2) |
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175 | (2) |
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Fertility Disorders and Treatment Concepts |
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177 | (124) |
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Menstrual Disorders---Yue Jing Bing |
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178 | (42) |
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Physiology of the Menstrual Cycle |
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178 | (1) |
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The Female Menstrual Cycle from the Biomedical Perspective |
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178 | (1) |
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Female Physiology from the TCM Perspective |
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179 | (2) |
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Distinctive Features in Diagnosis and Treatment |
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181 | (1) |
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Distinctive Features in Diagnosis |
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181 | (1) |
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Distinctive Features in Therapy |
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182 | (1) |
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182 | (1) |
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183 | (1) |
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Abbreviated Cycle---Yue Jing Xian Qi |
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183 | (6) |
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Profuse Menstruation---Yue Jing Guo Duo |
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189 | (3) |
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192 | (1) |
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Acyclic Bleeding---Beng Lou (Flooding and Spotting) |
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192 | (3) |
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Intermenstrual Bleeding---Jing Jian Qi Chu Xue |
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195 | (3) |
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198 | (1) |
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Delayed Menstruation---Yue Jing Hou Qi |
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198 | (5) |
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Scant Menstruation---Yue Jing Guo Shao |
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203 | (3) |
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206 | (4) |
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Menstruation at Irregular Intervals |
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210 | (1) |
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Liver Qi Stagnation---Gan Qi Yu |
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210 | (1) |
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211 | (1) |
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Menstrual Pain from Qi Stagnation---Qi Zhi |
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212 | (1) |
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213 | (3) |
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Commonly Used Acupuncture Points and their Combinations in Modern TCM |
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216 | (1) |
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216 | (1) |
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Female Patient, Age 24 (Amenorrhea) |
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216 | (1) |
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Female Patient, Age 36 (Infertility with Dysmenorrhea and Tendency to Miscarriage) |
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217 | (3) |
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220 | (12) |
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220 | (1) |
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220 | (1) |
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220 | (1) |
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Differentiation from the TCM Perspective |
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220 | (1) |
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221 | (1) |
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Insufficiency of Kidney Yin |
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222 | (1) |
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Insufficiency of Kidney Yang |
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223 | (1) |
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224 | (1) |
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225 | (1) |
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225 | (1) |
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226 | (2) |
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Damp-heat in the Lower Burner |
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228 | (1) |
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229 | (1) |
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230 | (2) |
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Infertility and Sexual Disorders |
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232 | (19) |
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The Three Dimensions of Sexuality |
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232 | (1) |
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Disorders of Male Fertility---Exhaustion of Water (Kidney) and Wood (Liver) |
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233 | (1) |
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Disorders in the Sexuality of Men and Women |
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234 | (1) |
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Always under Pressure---Liver Qi Congestion |
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234 | (2) |
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Pondering and Reflection---Weakness of Spleen Qi |
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236 | (2) |
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Missing Clarity---Dampness and Damp-heat |
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238 | (1) |
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Additional Blockages: Heat and Dampness in the Liver and Gallbladder |
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238 | (3) |
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The Source Dries Up---Kidney Vacuity |
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241 | (2) |
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Weakness of Kidney Yang with Cold and Dampness |
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243 | (1) |
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A Limp Lumbus---Weakness of Kidney Qi |
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244 | (2) |
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Strengthless---Weakness of Lung Qi |
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246 | (1) |
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Chilled---Weakness of Heart Yang |
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247 | (1) |
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Differentiation between Patterns |
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248 | (3) |
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The Treatment of Male Infertility with TCM |
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251 | (12) |
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Infertility---a Special Challenge |
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251 | (1) |
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Causes of Male Infertility |
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252 | (1) |
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Diagnostics and Diagnoses of Male Infertility |
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253 | (1) |
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Western Diagnostics and Diagnoses |
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253 | (1) |
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TCM Diagnostics and its Most Relevant Diagnoses |
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254 | (1) |
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Treatment of Male Infertility |
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254 | (1) |
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254 | (1) |
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254 | (2) |
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Combined TCM Therapy in Accordance with TCM Diagnoses |
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256 | (1) |
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TCM Therapy in Accordance with a Spermiogram |
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257 | (1) |
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258 | (1) |
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258 | (1) |
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258 | (1) |
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258 | (1) |
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259 | (1) |
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259 | (2) |
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261 | (2) |
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263 | (11) |
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Causes and Pathogenesis from the Biomedical Perspective |
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263 | (1) |
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Endometriosis and Fertility |
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264 | (1) |
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Clinical Picture and Therapy from the TCM Perspective |
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264 | (2) |
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Treatment Prior to any Attempt to Become Pregnant |
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266 | (1) |
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Treatment by Means of Medicinal Enemas |
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267 | (1) |
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Important Disease Patterns |
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268 | (1) |
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Liver Qi Congestion and Blood Stasis |
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268 | (1) |
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Stasis due to External Cold |
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269 | (1) |
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Insufficiency of Kidney Yang with Internal Cold (Blood Stasis) |
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269 | (1) |
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Damp-heat in the Lower Burner (with Blood Stasis) |
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270 | (1) |
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Damp-heat in the Lower Burner (with Blood Heat) |
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270 | (2) |
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Treatment during Menstruation |
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272 | (1) |
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272 | (1) |
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Infertility due to Endometriosis |
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272 | (2) |
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PCO Syndrome and Fertility |
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274 | (5) |
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274 | (1) |
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Treatment with Biomedicine |
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274 | (1) |
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275 | (1) |
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275 | (1) |
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276 | (1) |
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276 | (1) |
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277 | (1) |
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Qi Stagnation with Blood Stasis |
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278 | (1) |
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Supplementary Chinese Medicinal Therapy in IVF/ET Treatments |
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279 | (22) |
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History of Fertility Treatment in TCM |
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279 | (1) |
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280 | (1) |
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When and For Which Patients is IVF/ET or ICSI/ET Treatment Appropriate? |
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281 | (1) |
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Complications in IVF/ET or ICSI/ET Treatments |
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281 | (1) |
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Which Method for an Infertile Couple? |
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281 | (1) |
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Who is an Appropriate Candidate for IVF/ET or ICSI/ET Treatments? |
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282 | (1) |
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How Can We Support IVF/ET Treatment? |
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282 | (6) |
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288 | (1) |
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288 | (1) |
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Thin Endometrium, PCOS, OATS in the Partner |
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288 | (1) |
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289 | (2) |
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Advanced Age and Infertility |
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291 | (1) |
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Endometriosis and Adenomyomatosis |
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291 | (1) |
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Five Failed IVF/ET Treatments, OHSS |
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292 | (2) |
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Six Unresolved, Failed IVF/ET Treatments |
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294 | (1) |
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295 | (1) |
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Why Can TCM Support In Vitro Fertilization? |
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296 | (1) |
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The Gonads are Supported to Improve the Number and Quality of Egg and Sperm Cells |
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296 | (1) |
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The Receptiveness of the Endometrium and the Embryo Implantation Rate are Improved |
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297 | (1) |
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Embryonal Development is Promoted |
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298 | (1) |
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Cooperation with Biomedicine Reduces the Side-effects of IVF/ET Treatment |
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298 | (1) |
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Miscarriages are Avoided and Pregnancy Rates Improved |
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298 | (1) |
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299 | (2) |
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301 | (30) |
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Inviting the ``Heavenly Spark''---Shen in the Support of Couples in Fertility Treatment |
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302 | (11) |
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Shen as Consciousness and Mindfulness of the Practitioner |
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302 | (1) |
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303 | (1) |
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Shen as Clarity between Practitioner and Patient |
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303 | (1) |
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Shen in the Treatment Situation |
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304 | (1) |
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Shen as Power of the Heart and Spiritual Connection of the Couple |
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305 | (1) |
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Shen as Expression of a Shared Will |
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305 | (1) |
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The Shen Contact between the Partners during Treatment |
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306 | (1) |
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Shen as Heavenly Spark during Conception |
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307 | (1) |
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307 | (1) |
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Internal Self-cultivation |
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308 | (1) |
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Acceptance of Natural Cycles and Laws |
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308 | (1) |
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309 | (1) |
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310 | (1) |
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310 | (1) |
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311 | (2) |
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313 | (9) |
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314 | (1) |
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Authenticity---How do we Achieve it? |
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314 | (1) |
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Ideas, Concepts, Feelings---Where Do They Come From? |
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315 | (1) |
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What is the Benchmark for our Actions and the Pursuit of Happiness? |
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315 | (1) |
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316 | (1) |
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317 | (1) |
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Losing and Gaining Identity |
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318 | (1) |
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Strategies for Harmonizing Self-awareness and Partnership |
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319 | (1) |
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The Wood Phase and the Liver |
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319 | (1) |
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The Fire Phase and the Heart |
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320 | (1) |
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The Earth Phase and the Spleen |
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320 | (1) |
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The Metal Phase and the Lung |
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321 | (1) |
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The Water Phase and the Kidney |
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321 | (1) |
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Supporting the Couple in Successful and Failed Fertility Treatment |
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322 | (9) |
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322 | (2) |
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First and Second Month---The Wood Phase |
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324 | (1) |
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Third and Fourth Month---The Fire Phase |
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325 | (1) |
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Fifth and Sixth Month---The Earth Phase |
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326 | (1) |
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Seventh and Eighth Month---The Metal Phase |
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327 | (1) |
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Ninth and 10th Month---The Water Phase |
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328 | (1) |
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Support in Failed Fertility Treatment |
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328 | (1) |
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When Can the Woman Become Pregnant Again? |
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329 | (1) |
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Fertility Treatment and Couple Dynamics |
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329 | (1) |
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Alternatives---Adoption and Accepted Childlessness |
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330 | (1) |
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331 | (2) |
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List of Photos and Illustrations |
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332 | (1) |
| General Index |
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333 | (13) |
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