A systematic review of the clinical effectiveness of acupuncture for allergic rhinitis

BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine

Volumn 8, Issue , 2008, Pages

  Roberts, Jonathan ^a   Huissoon, Aarnoud ^b   Dretzke, Janine ^a   Wang, Dechao ^a   Hyde, Christopher ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b BIRMINGHAM HEARTLANDS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; PLACEBO;

ACUPUNCTURE; ALLERGIC RHINITIS; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; DATA COLLECTION METHOD; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG USE; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; FEASIBILITY STUDY; HUMAN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN BLOOD LEVEL; META ANALYSIS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RATING SCALE; REVIEW; SCORING SYSTEM; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HAY FEVER; HOSPITALIZATION; METHODOLOGY; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PERENNIAL RHINITIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ACUPUNCTURE POINTS; ACUPUNCTURE THERAPY; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; HUMANS; PAIN MEASUREMENT; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; RESEARCH DESIGN; RHINITIS, ALLERGIC, PERENNIAL; RHINITIS, ALLERGIC, SEASONAL; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 44149098289     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726882     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6882-8-13     Document Type: Review

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