Acupuncture for the Treatment of Sweating Associated with Malignancy

Acupuncture in Medicine

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 155-156

  Hallam, Claudia ^a   Whale, Christopher ^b  

^a Palliative Medicine   (United Kingdom)

^b NOTTINGHAM CITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Acupuncture; Lung cancer; Paraneoplastic phenomenon

Indexed keywords

ACUPUNCTURE; ADULT; ARTICLE; BED; CANCER; CASE REPORT; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INOPERABLE CANCER; LUNG CANCER; SWEAT GLAND DISEASE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0346500586     PISSN: 09645284     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/aim.21.4.155     Document Type: Article

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