Traditional and evidence-based acupuncture: History, mechanisms, and present status

Southern Medical Journal

Volumn 91, Issue 12, 1998, Pages 1115-1120

  Ulett, George A ^a,b   Han, Jisheng ^a,c   Han, Songping ^a,d  

^a University of Missouri ^*

^b MISSOURI INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH   (United States)

^c PEKING UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (China)

^d SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NEUROPEPTIDE;

ACUPUNCTURE; ADDICTION; ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CHINESE MEDICINE; ELECTRIC CURRENT; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; HUMAN; MENTAL DISEASE; NEUROBIOLOGY; PAIN; REVIEW; TECHNIQUE;

EID: 0031788678     PISSN: 00384348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00007611-199812000-00004     Document Type: Review

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