Effect of electroacupuncture on bronchial asthma induced by ovalbumin in rats

Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 127-134

  Carneiro, Elisabete Regis ^a   Carneiro, Celia Regina Whitaker ^a   De Castro, Marie Alice Pedreira ^a   Yamamura, Ysao ^a   Silveira, Vera Lucia Flor ^a,b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b Disciplina Neurofisiol Fisiol E   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTERONE; EGG WHITE; OVALBUMIN;

ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; BLOOD SAMPLING; CELL COUNT; CELL INFILTRATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; DRUG INDUCED DISEASE; ELECTROACUPUNCTURE; HEN; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HYPERSENSITIVITY REACTION; IMMUNE MEDIATED INJURY; INFLAMMATION; INFLAMMATORY CELL; LUNG LAVAGE; MALE; NONHUMAN; POLYMORPHONUCLEAR CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; ASTHMA; BRONCHIAL HYPERREACTIVITY; BRONCHOALVEOLAR LAVAGE FLUID; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; ELECTROACUPUNCTURE; MALE; OVALBUMIN; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 14744274268     PISSN: 10755535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/acm.2005.11.127     Document Type: Article

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