Acupuncture for persistent allergic rhinitis: A randomised, sham-controlled trial

Medical Journal of Australia

Volumn 187, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 337-341

  Xue, Charlie C L ^a   Xuedong, An ^a   Cheung, Thomas P ^a   Da Costa, Cliff ^a   Lenon, George B ^a   Thien, Frank C ^b   Story, David F ^a  

^a RMIT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUPUNCTURE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIZZINESS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEADACHE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NASAL PRURITUS; NOSE OBSTRUCTION; PATIENT SAFETY; PERENNIAL RHINITIS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RHINORRHEA; SCORING SYSTEM; SELF EVALUATION; SHAM PROCEDURE; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; SNEEZING; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; MIDDLE AGED;

ACUPUNCTURE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RHINITIS, ALLERGIC, PERENNIAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 35348914600     PISSN: 0025729X     EISSN: 13265377     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5694/j.1326-5377.2007.tb01275.x     Document Type: Article

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