Acupuncture for myopia in children and adolescents

Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews

Volumn , Issue 2, 2009, Pages

  Wei, Maoling ^a   Jian, Ping Liu ^b   Li, Ni ^a   Liu, Ming ^a  

^a SICHUAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b BEIJING UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE MEDICINE   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TOCOPHEROL;

ACUPRESSURE; ACUPUNCTURE; BLEEDING; CHILD; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CLINICAL TRIAL; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DISEASE COURSE; DISTRESS SYNDROME; ELECTROACUPUNCTURE; HUMAN; INFECTION; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; META ANALYSIS; MYOPIA; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PAIN; PATIENT SAFETY; REVIEW; SPECTACLES; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; THERAPY EFFECT; VOMITING;

EID: 70349127310     PISSN: 1469493X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD007842     Document Type: Review

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