The treatment of persistent yawning with acupuncture

Acupuncture in Medicine

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 124-126

  Wong, R K W ^a   Sagar, S M S ^a  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Acupuncture; Autonomic nervous system; Brain tumour; Yawning

Indexed keywords

ACUPUNCTURE; ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; BRAIN TUMOR; CASE REPORT; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASE; CHINESE MEDICINE; CLINICAL FEATURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; OLIGODENDROGLIOMA; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE; YAWNING;

EID: 0034469999     PISSN: 09645284     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/aim.18.2.124     Document Type: Article

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