Efficacy of acupuncture as a treatment of tinnitus: A systematic review

Archives of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery

Volumn 126, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 489-492

  Park, Jongbae ^a   White, Adrian R ^a   Ernst, Edzard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUPUNCTURE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; ELECTROACUPUNCTURE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SCORING SYSTEM; TINNITUS; TREATMENT FAILURE;

EID: 0034035081     PISSN: 08864470     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archotol.126.4.489     Document Type: Article

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