Ten years Evidence-based High-tech acupuncturea short review of peripherally measured effects

Evidence-based Complementary and Alternative Medicine

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 153-158

  Litscher, Gerhard ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

Author keywords

Complementary medicine; Integrative medicine; Laserneedle acupuncture; Traditional Chinese medicine

Indexed keywords

ACUPUNCTURE; BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; CHINESE MEDICINE; CONFERENCE PAPER; HUMAN; INTEGRATIVE MEDICINE; LASER; LASER DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; MICROCIRCULATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS;

EID: 70349479444     PISSN: 1741427X     EISSN: 17414288     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ecam/nem145     Document Type: Conference Paper

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