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SUBMITTER: Chao MT
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4096683 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Jun
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Chao Maria T MT Wade Christine M CM Booth Sarah L SL
Journal of acupuncture and meridian studies 20140218 3
The therapeutic benefits of acupoint injection of vitamin K in spleen-6 (SP6) for the treatment of primary dysmenorrhea have been observed in limited clinical settings. However, menadione, the form of vitamin K most studied for treating dysmenorrhea, is not routinely used in clinical practice in North America. As part of a larger clinical trial among women aged 18-25 years with primary dysmenorrhea, we conducted a substudy to test the plasma concentration of phylloquinone (vitamin K1). We collec ...[more]