Scalp acupuncture effect on language development in children with autism: A pilot study

Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 109-114

  Allam, Hemat ^a   Eldine, Nirvana Gamal ^b   Helmy, Ghada ^a  

^a NATIONAL RESEARCH CENTRE   (Egypt)

^b AIN SHAMS UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUPUNCTURE; ARTICLE; AUTISM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; LANGUAGE DISABILITY; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SEMANTICS; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SPEECH THERAPY;

ACUPUNCTURE THERAPY; AUTISTIC DISORDER; CHILD; CHILD LANGUAGE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT DISORDERS; LANGUAGE THERAPY; MALE; PILOT PROJECTS; SCALP; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 40549097039     PISSN: 10755535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/acm.2007.0508     Document Type: Article

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