Acupuncture for epilepsy

Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews

Volumn , Issue 4, 2008, Pages

  Cheuk, Daniel K L ^a   Wong, Virginia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Acupuncture therapy *methods ; Child; Drugs, Chinese herbal therapeutic use ; Epilepsy *therapy ; Humans; Randomized controlled trials as topic; Treatment outcome

Indexed keywords

CARBAMAZEPINE; PHENYTOIN; VALPROIC ACID;

ACUPUNCTURE; CHINESE HERB; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; EPILEPSY; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INFECTION; META ANALYSIS; MONOTHERAPY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT SAFETY; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUALITY OF LIFE; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 55049123782     PISSN: 1469493X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD005062.pub3     Document Type: Review

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