The Effect of Prophylactic Acupuncture Treatment in Women with Recurrent Cystitis: Kidney Patients Fare Better

Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine

Volumn 9, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 651-658

  Alraek, Terje ^a   Baerheim, Anders ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUPUNCTURE; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIURIA; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHINESE MEDICINE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYSTITIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; KIDNEY; KIDNEY DISEASE; LIVER; LIVER DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEASUREMENT; METHODOLOGY; NORWAY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPHYLAXIS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; RESIDUAL URINE; RISK; SPLEEN; SPLEEN DISEASE; TIME; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT PLANNING;

EID: 0242413205     PISSN: 10755535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/107555303322524508     Document Type: Article

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