Evaluation of consistency of tongue and pulse signs observed by traditional Chinese medicine clinicians

Journal of Chinese Integrative Medicine

Volumn 8, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 1153-1158

  Li, Xiao Yan ^a   Wen, Ze Huai ^a,b   Liang, Wei Xiong ^b   Xu, Wei Hua ^b   Li, Su Yun ^c   Yu, Xue Qing ^c   Wang, Hai Feng ^c  

^a GUANGDONG PROVINCIAL HOSPITAL OF CHINESE MEDICINE   (China)

^b GUANGZHOU UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE MEDICINE   (China)

^c HENAN UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE MEDICINE   (China)

Author keywords

Consensus; Nonparametric; Pulse presentations; Statistics; Tongue presentations; Traditional Chinese medicine

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHINESE MEDICINE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PULSE RATE; TONGUE;

AGED; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICINE, CHINESE TRADITIONAL; MIDDLE AGED; OBSERVER VARIATION; PULSE; TONGUE;

EID: 78650633488     PISSN: 16721977     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3736/jcim20101207     Document Type: Article

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