Acupuncture for acute stroke

Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews

Volumn 2018, Issue 3, 2018, Pages

  Xu, Mangmang ^a   Li, Dan ^b   Zhang, Shihong ^a  

^a SICHUAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b HENAN PROVINCIAL PEOPLE'S HOSPITAL   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUPUNCTURE; ADL DISABILITY; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CLINICAL OUTCOME; DEATH; DISEASE SEVERITY; DIZZINESS; ERYSIPELOID; FAINTNESS; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INSTITUTIONAL CARE; MOTOR FUNCTION SCORE; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE ASSESSMENT; NEUROLOGICAL DEFICIT SCORE; PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; REVIEW; SEIZURE; SKIN BRUISING; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; THERAPY EFFECT;

EID: 70049084279     PISSN: 14651858     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD003317.pub3     Document Type: Review

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