A comparative study on the treatment of upper urinary tract calculus with an improved acupuncture protocol

American Journal of Acupuncture

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 241-249

  Ju, Yanli ^a   Tan, Qiwen ^a   Liang, Xi Bin ^b   Liu, Yutan ^a  

^a Shandong TCM University   (China)

^b SHANGHAI UNIVERSITY OF TRADITIONAL CHINESE MEDICINE   (China)

Author keywords

Acupuncture; Bladder; Calculus; Electroacupuncture; ESWL; Huatuo jiaji points; Kidney; Urinary tract

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ELECTROACUPUNCTURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NEPHROLITHIASIS; TARGET ORGAN; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 6844226197     PISSN: 00913960     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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