Acupuncture has no immediate treatment effect on the neutrophil respiratory burst: A randomized single-blinded two-period crossover study

Brain, Behavior, and Immunity

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 813-816

  Karst, Matthias ^a   Scheinichen, Dirk ^a   Rueckert, Tobias ^a   Wagner, Till ^a   Wiese, Birgitt ^a   Fink, Matthias ^a  

^a HANNOVER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Germany)

Author keywords

Acupuncture; Immune system; Neutrophils; Respiratory burst

Indexed keywords

ACUPUNCTURE; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; CYTOTOXICITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NEEDLE; NEUTROPHIL; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RESPIRATORY BURST; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE;

ACUPUNCTURE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEEDLES; NEUTROPHILS; PLACEBOS; RESPIRATORY BURST; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD;

EID: 0036924591     PISSN: 08891591     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0889-1591(02)00023-5     Document Type: Article

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