Galactorrhoea following acupuncture

Acupuncture in Medicine

Volumn 20, Issue 2-3, 2002, Pages 107-108

  Jenner, Chris ^a   Filshie, Jacqueline ^a  

^a ROYAL MARSDEN HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Acupuncture; Breast cancer; Galactorrhoea; Oxytocin; Prolactin

Indexed keywords

OXYTOCIN; PROLACTIN;

ACUPUNCTURE; ADULT; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER PAIN; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GALACTORRHEA; HUMAN; LACTATION; LATISSIMUS DORSI FLAP; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OXYTOCIN RELEASE; PROLACTIN RELEASE; SUBCUTANEOUS MASTECTOMY; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE; AXILLA; BREAST TUMOR; PAIN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; SECRETION;

ACUPUNCTURE THERAPY; ADULT; AXILLA; BREAST NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; GALACTORRHEA; HUMANS; OXYTOCIN; PAIN; PROLACTIN;

EID: 0036668781     PISSN: 09645284     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/aim.20.2-3.107     Document Type: Article

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