Acupuncture for treatment of erectile dysfunction

Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews

Volumn , Issue 3, 2008, Pages

  Liu, Jianping ^a   Fei, Yutong ^b   Alraek, Terje ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

^b BEIJING UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE MEDICINE   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIVIRUS AGENT; INOSINE; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ACUPUNCTURE; ALLOPATHY; CLINICAL TRIAL; DATA ANALYSIS; DATA EXTRACTION; ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION; FOLLOW UP; HERBAL MEDICINE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTERVENTION STUDY; META ANALYSIS; METHODOLOGY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; QUALITY CONTROL; REVIEW; SHAM PROCEDURE; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; THERAPY EFFECT;

EID: 55049109858     PISSN: 1469493X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD007241     Document Type: Review

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