Efficacy of acupuncture for health conditions in children: A review

TheScientificWorldJournal

Volumn 8, Issue , 2008, Pages 670-682

  Libonate, Jean ^a   Evans, Subhadra ^b   Tsao, Jennie C I ^b  

^a Emperor's College of Traditional Oriental Medicine   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Acupuncture; Children; Holistic health; Human development

Indexed keywords

DESMOPRESSIN; DROPERIDOL; METOCLOPRAMIDE; ONDANSETRON; PLACEBO;

ACUPUNCTURE; CEREBRAL PALSY; CHILD HEALTH; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROL GROUP; HUMAN; INTERVENTION STUDY; LARYNX SPASM; MEDICAL LITERATURE; METHODOLOGY; MIGRAINE; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NOCTURNAL ENURESIS; PAIN; PEDIATRICS; POSTOPERATIVE NAUSEA AND VOMITING; REVIEW; SAFETY; SAMPLE SIZE; SMITH LEMLI OPITZ SYNDROME; STRIDOR; THERAPY EFFECT;

ACUPUNCTURE; CHILD; FEMALE; HOLISTIC HEALTH; HUMANS; LARYNGISMUS; MALE; NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; NOCTURNAL ENURESIS; PAIN; POSTOPERATIVE NAUSEA AND VOMITING; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC;

EID: 47349083810     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1537744X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1100/tsw.2008.86     Document Type: Review

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