Acupuncture treatment in patients with keratoconjunctivitis sicca: A pilot study

Acta Ophthalmologica Scandinavica

Volumn 82, Issue 3 I, 2004, Pages 283-290

  Grönlund, Marita Andersson ^a,c   Stenevi, Ulf ^a   Lundeberg, Thomas ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^c QUEEN SILVIA CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Acupuncture; Dry eye; Keratoconjunctivitis sicca (KCS); Sensory nerve stimulation; Sj gren's syndrome (SS)

Indexed keywords

ACUPUNCTURE; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRY EYE; EYE DISEASE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; HUMAN; KERATOCONJUNCTIVITIS; LACRIMAL FLUID; LACRIMATION; MALE; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZATION; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE; VISUAL SYSTEM EXAMINATION;

EID: 2642563881     PISSN: 13953907     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0420.2004.00254.x     Document Type: Article

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