Observations on brain perfusion before and after acupuncture treatment of phantom limb pain - A case report

American Journal of Acupuncture

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 247-253

  Liaw, Mei Yun ^a,b   You, Dong Ling ^a   Cheng, Pao Tsai ^a   Wong, Alice May Kuen ^a   Lu, Chin Song ^b  

^a CHANG GUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b CHANG GUNG MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Acupuncture; HMPAO SPECT; nuclear medicine; phantom limb pain; radiopharmaceuticals; regional cerebral blood flow (rCBF); technetium 99m

Indexed keywords

HEXAMETHYLPROPYLENE AMINE OXIME TECHNETIUM TC 99M;

ACUPUNCTURE; ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN PERFUSION; BRAIN STEM; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; HUMAN; PHANTOM PAIN; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; THALAMUS;

EID: 0030513531     PISSN: 00913960     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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