Manipulation of the neck and stroke: Time for more rigorous evidence

Medical Journal of Australia

Volumn 176, Issue 8, 2002, Pages 364-365

  Breen, Alan ^a  

^a ANGLO EUROPEAN COLLEGE OF CHIROPRACTIC   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ARTERY DISSECTION; CAROTID ARTERY; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CERVICAL SPINE; CLINICAL TRIAL; EDITORIAL; HUMAN; MANIPULATIVE MEDICINE; NECK INJURY; SPINE DISEASE; STROKE; THROMBUS; TRANSIENT ISCHEMIC ATTACK; VASOSPASM; VERTEBRAL ARTERY;

EID: 0037090661     PISSN: 0025729X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5694/j.1326-5377.2002.tb04456.x     Document Type: Editorial

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