{
    "abstract": "In 13 patients at an age of 17 to 26 years with intermittent or secondary amenorrhea an attempt was made to stimulate the pituitary gland by ear-acupuncture. The objective parameter for the comparison was the concentration of the luteinizing hormone (LH) in the serum during acupuncture and the LH-RH-releasing test. 6 of these patients were subjected to a so-called \"placebo-acupuncture\" to perform a blind-test. The results showed, that ear-acupuncture caused a significant decrease of the LH-concentration in the serum. The clinical results showing a positive effect of ear-acupuncture in the mentioned types of amenorrhea could therefore be explained as a rebound phenomenon.",
    "authors": [
        {
            "affiliation": null,
            "firstname": "E",
            "initials": "E",
            "lastname": "Kubista"
        },
        {
            "affiliation": null,
            "firstname": "E",
            "initials": "E",
            "lastname": "Boschitsch"
        },
        {
            "affiliation": null,
            "firstname": "J",
            "initials": "J",
            "lastname": "Spona"
        }
    ],
    "conclusions": null,
    "copyrights": null,
    "doi": null,
    "journal": "Wiener medizinische Wochenschrift (1946)",
    "keywords": [],
    "methods": null,
    "publication_date": "1981-03-15",
    "pubmed_id": "7233907",
    "results": null,
    "title": "[Effect of ear-acupuncture on the LH-concentration in serum in patients with secondary amenorrhea (author's transl)].",
    "xml": "<Element 'PubmedArticle' at 0x788502cda7a0>"
}