A sustained, non-insulin related, hypoglycaemic effect of electroacupuncture in diabetic Psammomys obesus

Diabetologia

Volumn 43, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 809-813

  Shapira, M Y ^a   Appelbaum, E Y ^a   Hirshberg, B ^a   Mizrahi, Y ^a   Bar On, H ^a   Ziv, E ^a  

^a HADASSAH HEBREW UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Acupuncture; Alternative medicine; Chinese medicine; Diabetes mellitus; Insulin resistance; Psammomys obesus

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL; FRUCTOSAMINE; GLUCOSE; INSULIN; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; ELECTROACUPUNCTURE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HYPOGLYCEMIA; INSULIN BLOOD LEVEL; INSULIN RESISTANCE; LIPID BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; WEIGHT GAIN;

EID: 0034044767     PISSN: 0012186X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s001250051379     Document Type: Article

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