Acupuncture for Guillain-Barré syndrome

Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews

Volumn , Issue 2, 2009, Pages

  Deng, Yanhua ^a   Ma, Xiaojing ^a   Peng, Weina ^b   Sanvito, Lara ^c  

^a INSTITUTE OF CHINESE MATERIA MEDICA   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF CHINESE MATERIA MEDICA   (China)

^c QUEEN S MEDICAL CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUPUNCTURE; ADVERSE OUTCOME; CLINICAL TRIAL; DEATH; DISABILITY; ELECTROACUPUNCTURE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; GUILLAIN BARRE SYNDROME; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; META ANALYSIS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; REVIEW; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; THERAPY EFFECT;

EID: 70349125004     PISSN: 1469493X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD007797     Document Type: Review

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