Acupuncture and menopausal hot flashes

Medical Acupuncture

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 243-245

  Guévin, France ^a   Lambert, Bernard ^b  

^a Private Practice   (Canada)

^b CENTRE HOSPITALIER DE L UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Acupuncture; Hot Flashes; Menopause

Indexed keywords

ESTRADIOL;

ACUPUNCTURE; ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONSTIPATION; ENDOMETRIOSIS; EVALUATION; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HEART PALPITATION; HEMORRHOID; HORMONAL THERAPY; HOT FLUSH; HUMAN; HYSTERECTOMY; INSOMNIA; LIFESTYLE MODIFICATION; LOW BACK PAIN; MENOPAUSE; METRORRHAGIA; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PHLEBITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRIVATE HOSPITAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT RESPONSE; VERTIGO;

EID: 77953393056     PISSN: 19336586     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/acu.2009.0701     Document Type: Article

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