Acupuncture for symptom relief in HIV-positive adults: Lessons learned from a pilot study

Alternative Therapies in Health and Medicine

Volumn 6, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 33-42

  Beal, M W ^a   Nield Anderson, L ^a  

^a InnoVision Group   (United States)

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Indexed keywords

CD4 ANTIGEN;

ACUPUNCTURE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOM; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; MALE; NONHUMAN; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; WELLBEING;

ACUPUNCTURE THERAPY; ADULT; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; PILOT PROJECTS; QUALITY OF LIFE; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0033846419     PISSN: 10786791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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