Acupuncture for chronic low back pain

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 363, Issue 18, 2010, Pages 1775-1778

  Chiang, Pei Jung ^a   Su, Yi Chang ^a   Liou, Ding Ming ^a  

^a CHINA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUPUNCTURE; AUSCULTATION; CHINESE MEDICINE; CHRONIC PAIN; HUMAN; LETTER; LOW BACK PAIN; PALPATION; PERCUSSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSE RATE; SHAM PROCEDURE; SMELLING; CHRONIC DISEASE; TREATMENT FAILURE;

ACUPUNCTURE THERAPY; CHRONIC DISEASE; HUMANS; LOW BACK PAIN; MEDICINE, CHINESE TRADITIONAL; TREATMENT FAILURE;

EID: 78049417210     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: 15334406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMc1009789     Document Type: Letter

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