Holistic Acupuncture approach to idiopathic refractory nausea, abdominal pain and bloating

World Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 13, Issue 40, 2007, Pages 5360-5366

  Ouyang, Ann ^a   Xu, Lihua ^a  

^a PENN STATE COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Acupuncture; Functional bowel disorder; Holistic medicine; Nausea; Pain

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ACUPUNCTURE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BLOATING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; DISEASE SEVERITY; ELECTROGASTROGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NAUSEA; PATIENT REFERRAL; SCORING SYSTEM; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SYMPTOM; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

EID: 35248813294     PISSN: 10079327     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3748/wjg.v13.i40.5360     Document Type: Article

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