Acupuncture for systemic lupus erythematosus: A pilot RCT feasibility and safety study

Lupus

Volumn 17, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 1108-1116

  Greco, Carol M ^a,c   Kao, A H ^a   Maksimowicz McKinnon, K ^a   Glick, R M ^a   Houze, M ^b   Sereika, S M ^b   Balk, J ^a   Manzi, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Acupuncture; Pain; Randomized controlled trial; Systemic lupus erythematosus

Indexed keywords

ACUPUNCTURE; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ACTIVITY; DIZZINESS; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; FATIGUE; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PAIN; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT SAFETY; PILOT STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ACUPUNCTURE THERAPY; ADULT; FATIGUE; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS, SYSTEMIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN; PILOT PROJECTS; SAFETY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 60349086435     PISSN: 09612033     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0961203308093921     Document Type: Article

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