Randomized controlled trial of electro-acupuncture for autism spectrum disorder

Alternative Medicine Review

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 136-146

  Wong, Virginia C N ^a,b   Chen, Wen Xiong ^a   Liu, Wu Li ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b Tung Wah Hospital University of Hong Kong Clinical Centre for Teaching and Research in Chinese Medicine ^*

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTISM; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; BLEEDING; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; COGNITION; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; ELECTROACUPUNCTURE; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; IRRITABILITY; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCHOOL CHILD; SOCIAL ASPECT; TREATMENT OUTCOME; AUTISTIC DISORDER; CHILD BEHAVIOR DISORDERS; COMPLICATION; PROCEDURES; QUALITY OF LIFE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

AUTISTIC DISORDER; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR DISORDERS; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; ELECTROACUPUNCTURE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; QUALITY OF LIFE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 77954631133     PISSN: 10895159     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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