Acupuncture for Knee Osteoarthritis – a Randomised Trial Using a Novel Sham

Acupuncture in Medicine

Volumn 24, Issue 1_suppl, 2006, Pages 7-14

  Manheimer, Eric ^a   Lim, Byungmook ^a   Lao, Lixing ^a   Berman, Brian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

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EID: 33847763754     PISSN: 09645284     EISSN: 17599873     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/aim.24.Suppl.7     Document Type: Article

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