Reducing Naltrexone-resistant hyperphagia using laser acupuncture to increase endogenous opiates

Brain Injury

Volumn 10, Issue 12, 1996, Pages 911-920

  Read, Allan ^a   Beaty, Phillipa ^a   Corner, Julia ^a   Sommerville, Catherine ^b  

^a Knowle Hospital   (United Kingdom)

^b ST MARY S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENDORPHIN; NALTREXONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN INJURY; CASE REPORT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISTRESS SYNDROME; ELECTROACUPUNCTURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERPHAGIA; LASER; PICA;

EID: 0029955402     PISSN: 02699052     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/026990596123882     Document Type: Article

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