Treatment recommendations should take account of individual patient variation not just group responses

Acupuncture in Medicine

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 31-32

  Lundeberg, Thomas ^a   Lund, Irene ^a  

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Indexed keywords

ACUPUNCTURE; ARTICLE; HUMAN; INDIVIDUALITY; METHODOLOGY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ACUPUNCTURE THERAPY; HUMANS; INDIVIDUALITY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; RESEARCH DESIGN; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 77956253062     PISSN: 09645284     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/aim.2008.000133     Document Type: Article

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