Static magnetic field therapy for pain in the abdomen and genitals

Pediatric Neurology

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 261-264

  Holcomb, Robert R ^a   Worthington, W Bradley ^a   McCullough, Barbara A ^a   McLean, Michael J ^a  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADOLESCENT; APPENDECTOMY; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; GENITAL SYSTEM DISEASE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK DISEASE; MAGNETIC STIMULATION; MALE; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADOLESCENT; CASE REPORT; CHRONIC DISEASE; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; FEMALE; HUMAN; LOW BACK PAIN; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; RADICULOPATHY; TESTIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VULVA;

EID: 0033776127     PISSN: 08878994     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0887-8994(00)00180-6     Document Type: Article

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