Acupuncture analgesia: Areas of consensus and controversy

Pain

Volumn 152, Issue SUPPL.3, 2011, Pages

  Han, Ji Sheng ^a  

^a PEKING UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OPIATE;

ACUPUNCTURE; ACUPUNCTURE ANALGESIA; BODY SURFACE; CHRONIC PAIN; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); ELECTROACUPUNCTURE; ELECTROSTIMULATION; HUMAN; MECHANICAL STIMULATION; NEUROBIOLOGY; PAIN; POSTOPERATIVE ANALGESIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLICATION; REVIEW;

ACUPUNCTURE ANALGESIA; ANIMALS; CLINICAL TRIALS AS TOPIC; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; HUMANS; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; PAIN; PHYSICAL STIMULATION;

EID: 79951580622     PISSN: 03043959     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pain.2010.10.012     Document Type: Review

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