Acupuncture in headache: A critical review

Clinical Journal of Pain

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 334-339

  Manias, Plato ^a,b,c   Tagaris, George ^b   Karageorgiou, Klementine ^b  

^a Athens Headache and Chronic Pain Center   (Greece)

^b IASO GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Greece)

^c NONE   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUPUNCTURE; ACUPUNCTURE ANALGESIA; ARTICLE; CLINICAL RESEARCH; CLINICAL TRIAL; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; HEADACHE; HUMAN; MIGRAINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TENSION HEADACHE; TRANSCUTANEOUS NERVE STIMULATION;

ACUPUNCTURE ANALGESIA; CLINICAL TRIALS; HEADACHE; HUMANS;

EID: 0034521165     PISSN: 07498047     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00002508-200012000-00010     Document Type: Article

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