Anti-phlogistic and immunocompetent effects of acupuncture treatment in women suffering from chronic pelvic inflammatory diseases

American Journal of Chinese Medicine

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 315-320

  Woźniak, Piotr R ^a   Stachowiak, Grzegorz P ^a   Piȩta Dolińska, Agnieszka K ^a   Oszukowski, Przemysław J ^a  

^a POLISH MOTHER S MEMORIAL HOSPITAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Poland)

Author keywords

Acupuncture; Immunology; PID; Women Diseases

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN; ALPHA 2 GLOBULIN; ALPHA GLOBULIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; PROTEIN ALPHA 1 GLOBULIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACUPUNCTURE; ANTIINFLAMMATORY ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; PELVIC INFLAMMATORY DISEASE; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ADULT; BIOSYNTHESIS; CLINICAL TRIAL; IMMUNOLOGY; INFLAMMATION; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY;

ACUPUNCTURE; ADULT; BLOOD SEDIMENTATION; CHRONIC DISEASE; FEMALE; GAMMA-GLOBULINS; HUMANS; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; IMMUNOGLOBULINS; INFLAMMATION; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PELVIC INFLAMMATORY DISEASE;

EID: 18344406811     PISSN: 0192415X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1142/S0192415X03000990     Document Type: Article

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