The effects of meditation and visual imagery on an immune system disorder: Dermatomyositis

Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 275-284

  Collins, Michael P ^a   Dunn, Lucia F ^b  

^a MARSHFIELD CLINIC   (United States)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVALESCENCE; DERMATOMYOSITIS; HUMAN; HUMORAL IMMUNITY; IMAGERY; IMMUNOPATHOLOGY; MEDITATION; MENTAL STRESS; MUSCLE STRENGTH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RASH; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RELAXATION TRAINING; SKIN; VASCULAR DISEASE; VISION;

ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; DERMATOMYOSITIS; FEMALE; HAND DERMATOSES; HUMANS; IMAGERY (PSYCHOTHERAPY); LIFE STYLE; MEDITATION; MIDDLE AGED; MIND-BODY RELATIONS (METAPHYSICS); RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 18444417159     PISSN: 10755535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/acm.2005.11.275     Document Type: Article

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