Acupuncture therapy for rheumatoid arthritis

APLAR Journal of Rheumatology

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 207-214

  Zan Bar, Tal ^a   Aron, Anabel ^a   Shoenfeld, Yehuda ^a,b  

^a SHEBA MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Acupuncture; Autoimmune; Chinese medicine; Complementary medicine; Rheumatoid arthritis

Indexed keywords

BETA ENDORPHIN; CD3 ANTIGEN; CD4 ANTIGEN; CD8 ANTIGEN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; INTERLEUKIN 2; RHEUMATOID FACTOR;

ACUPUNCTURE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DATA BASE; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; HUMAN; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; LEUKOCYTE; LEUKOPENIA; NATURAL KILLER CELL; NAUSEA; NONHUMAN; PAIN; PHAGOCYTOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SAMPLE SIZE; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION; SYMPTOM; XEROSTOMIA;

EID: 23444441314     PISSN: 02190494     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1479-8077.2004.00100.x     Document Type: Review

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