Acupuncture as complementary medicine in patients with osteoarthritis of the knee

Harefuah

Volumn 146, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 354-357

  Lev Ari, Shahar ^a   Hasner, Avi ^a   Amir, Hagay ^a   Skott, Tuvia ^a   Mosek, Amnon ^a   Miller, Udi ^a   Maimon, Yair ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Acupuncture; Integrative medicine; Osteoarthritis

Indexed keywords

ACUPUNCTURE; ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; HUMAN; KNEE OSTEOARTHRITIS; REVIEW;

ACUPUNCTURE; COMPLEMENTARY THERAPIES; HUMANS; OSTEOARTHRITIS, KNEE;

EID: 34548652486     PISSN: 00177768     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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