Effect of acupuncture treatment on the immune function impairment found in anxious women

American Journal of Chinese Medicine

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 35-51

  Arranz, Lorena ^a   Guayerbas, Noelia ^a   Siboni, León ^a   De la Fuente, Mónica ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Acupuncture; Anxiety; Immune Functions; Women

Indexed keywords

PHYTOHEMAGGLUTININ; PHYTOHEMAGGLUTININ A; SUPEROXIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACUPUNCTURE; ADULT; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; BECK ANXIETY INVENTORY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMOTIONAL DISORDER; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOMODULATION; IMMUNOPATHOLOGY; LEUKOCYTE ADHERENCE; LEUKOCYTE FUNCTION; LYMPHOCYTE FUNCTION; LYMPHOCYTE PROLIFERATION; NATURAL KILLER CELL; NEUTROPHIL CHEMOTAXIS; PHAGOCYTOSIS; TREATMENT DURATION;

ACUPUNCTURE THERAPY; ADULT; ANXIETY; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CELL PROLIFERATION; CHEMOTAXIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNE SYSTEM DISEASES; KILLER CELLS, NATURAL; LYMPHOCYTES; MIDDLE AGED; NEUTROPHILS; PHAGOCYTOSIS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SUPEROXIDES;

EID: 33846781525     PISSN: 0192415X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1142/S0192415X07004606     Document Type: Article

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