Study Protocol: Effects of acupuncture on hot flushes in perimenopausal and postmenopausal women - A multicenter randomized clinical trial

Trials

Volumn 9, Issue , 2008, Pages

  Kim, Kun Hyung ^a   Kang, Kyung Won ^a   Jung, Hee Jung ^a   Park, Ji Eun ^a   Jung, So Young ^a   Choi, Jun Yong ^a   Choi, Sun Mi ^a  

^a Korea Institute of Oriental Medicine (KIOM)   (South Korea)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ACUPUNCTURE; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLIMACTERIUM; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HOT FLUSH; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; KOREA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENOPAUSAL SYNDROME; MULTICENTER STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT SAFETY; POSTMENOPAUSE; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RATING SCALE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

EID: 60649102255     PISSN: 17456215     EISSN: 17456215     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1745-6215-9-70     Document Type: Article

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