Effects of traditional Chinese acupuncture in post-viral olfactory dysfunction

Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery

Volumn 142, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 505-509

  Vent, Julia ^a   Wang, Djin Wue ^a   Damm, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VITAMIN B COMPLEX;

ACUPUNCTURE; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHINESE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; OLFACTOMETRY; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; POST VIRAL OLFACTORY DYSFUNCTION; SMELLING DISORDER; SNIFFING; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VIRUS INFECTION;

ACUPUNCTURE THERAPY; AGED; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OLFACTION DISORDERS; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS; VIRUS DISEASES;

EID: 77949463190     PISSN: 01945998     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.otohns.2010.01.012     Document Type: Article

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