Acupuncture for glaucoma

Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews

Volumn , Issue 4, 2007, Pages

  Law, Simon K ^a   Li, T ^a  

^a NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

*.acupuncture therapy; Glaucoma *.therapy ; Humans

Indexed keywords

ACUPUNCTURE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CLINICAL TRIAL; GLAUCOMA; HUMAN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT SAFETY; QUALITY OF LIFE; REVIEW; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW;

EID: 44949162081     PISSN: 1469493X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD006030.pub2     Document Type: Review

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