Acupuncture as a treatment for nocturnal enuresis

Autonomic Neuroscience: Basic and Clinical

Volumn 157, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 63-67

  Bower, W F ^a   Diao, M ^b  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b CAPITAL INSTITUTE OF PEDIATRICS   (China)

Author keywords

Acupuncture; Efficacy; Nocturnal enuresis

Indexed keywords

IMIPRAMINE; OXYBUTYNIN;

ACUPUNCTURE; ARTICLE; BLADDER CAPACITY; CHINESE MEDICINE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; ELECTROACUPUNCTURE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMAN; MICTURITION; MOXIBUSTION; NOCTURNAL ENURESIS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SODIUM RETENTION; URODYNAMICS;

EID: 77957883218     PISSN: 15660702     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.autneu.2010.07.003     Document Type: Article

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