A study of the effect of energy healing on in vitro tumor cell proliferation

Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 359-365

  Shah, Sonal ^a,c   Ogden, Alfred T ^b   Pettker, Christian M ^b   Raffo, Anthony ^b   Itescu, Silviu ^c   Oz, Mehmet C ^b  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^c NONE

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ARTICLE; CELL DIVISION; CELL ISOLATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; ENERGY; GROWTH INHIBITION; HEALING; IN VITRO STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULATORY MECHANISM; TUMOR CELL; TUMOR GROWTH;

EID: 0032817674     PISSN: 10755535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/acm.1999.5.359     Document Type: Article

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