Acupuncture and auricular acupressure in relieving menopausal hot flashes of bilaterally ovariectomized Chinese women: A randomized controlled trial

Evidence-based Complementary and Alternative Medicine

Volumn 2011, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Qu, Fan ^b   Zhou, Jue ^a   Sang, Xisheng ^c   Wang, Xiaotong ^d   Nan, Rui ^e  

^a ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (China)

^c HEILONGJIANG UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE MEDICINE   (China)

^d LIAONING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^e NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ESTROGEN; FOLLITROPIN; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; TIBOLONE;

ACUPRESSURE; ACUPUNCTURE; ADULT; ARTICLE; AURICULAR ACUPRESSURE; CHINESE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HORMONE SUBSTITUTION; HOT FLUSH; HUMAN; MENOPAUSE; OVARIECTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL;

EID: 79251591921     PISSN: 1741427X     EISSN: 17414288     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ecam/nep001     Document Type: Article

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