Meta-analysis of 20 clinical, randomized, controlled trials of acupuncture for depression

Neural Regeneration Research

Volumn 5, Issue 24, 2010, Pages 1862-1869

  Fan, Ling ^a   Fu, Wenbin ^a   Xu, Nenggui ^b   Liu, Jianhua ^a   Ou, Aihua ^b   Wang, Yanwen ^a  

^a GUANGDONG PROVINCIAL HOSPITAL OF CHINESE MEDICINE   (China)

^b Guangdong Provincial Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences   (China)

Author keywords

Acupuncture; Depression; Meta analysis; Randomized controlled

Indexed keywords

AMITRIPTYLINE; FLUOXETINE; PAROXETINE;

ACUPUNCTURE; AGE; ARTICLE; DEPRESSION; ELECTROACUPUNCTURE; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FOLLOW UP; GENDER; HAMILTON SCALE; HUMAN; META ANALYSIS; MOXIBUSTION; ONLINE SYSTEM; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SCORING SYSTEM; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW;

EID: 78751631237     PISSN: 16735374     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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