Measurement of electrical skin impedance of derma-visceral zones as a diagnostic tool for inner organ pathologies: A blinded preliminary evaluation of a new technique

Israel Medical Association Journal

Volumn 7, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 631-634

  Zimlichman, Eyal ^a,d   Lahad, Amnon ^b   Aron Maor, Anabel ^a,d   Kanevsky, Alexander ^c   Shoenfeld, Yehuda ^a,d  

^a SHEBA MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^c Medex Screen Ltd   (Israel)

^d TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Complementary and alternative medicine; Diagnostic tool; Neuroreflexology; Screening

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANALYZER; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BLOOD DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DERMADROME; DERMATOME; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INTERNAL MEDICINE; LYMPHATIC SYSTEM DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; MEDICAL RESEARCH; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; RELIABILITY; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; SCREENING TEST; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SKIN CONDUCTANCE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; UROGENITAL TRACT DISEASE;

COMPLEMENTARY THERAPIES; DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES AND PROCEDURES; ELECTRIC IMPEDANCE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MASSAGE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SKIN;

EID: 27144510170     PISSN: 15651088     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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