Use of complementary and alternative therapies in outpatients with Parkinson's disease in Argentina

Movement Disorders

Volumn 25, Issue 13, 2010, Pages 2094-2098

  Pecci, Cristina ^a   Rivas, Maria J ^a   Moretti, Carolina M ^a   Raina, Gabriela ^a   Ramirez, Carlos Zúñiga ^a   Díaz, Sergio ^a   Roca, Claudia Uribe ^a   Micheli, Federico E ^a  

^a HOSPITAL DE CLÍNICAS JOSÉ DE SAN MARTÍN   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Acupuncture; Alternative therapies; Complementary; Homeopathy; Massage; Parkinson; Yoga

Indexed keywords

ACUPUNCTURE; ADULT; AGED; ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ARGENTINA; ARTICLE; DIET THERAPY; FEMALE; FLOWER; GROUPS BY AGE; HERBAL MEDICINE; HOMEOPATHY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MASSAGE; MEDITATION; OUTPATIENT; PARKINSON DISEASE; PHENOTYPE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REIKI; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE; YOGA;

AGED; ARGENTINA; COMPLEMENTARY THERAPIES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OUTPATIENTS; PARKINSON DISEASE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 78649375393     PISSN: 08853185     EISSN: 15318257     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mds.23235     Document Type: Article

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