Integrative approach to the treatment of postherpetic neuralgia: A case series

Alternative Medicine Review

Volumn 4, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 429-435

  Hui, Fred ^a   Cheng, Adam ^b   Chiu, Mark ^c   Vayda, Eugene ^a,c  

^a Hospital for Sick Children ^*  (Canada)

^b HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PLATELET DERIVED GROWTH FACTOR;

ACUPUNCTURE; AGED; ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ARTICLE; CHINESE HERB; DRUG EFFICACY; FEMALE; HERPES ZOSTER; HUMAN; LOCAL ANESTHESIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDITATION; PAIN ASSESSMENT; POSTHERPETIC NEURALGIA; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0033398233     PISSN: 10895159     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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