Acupuncture for treating dry eye: A systematic review

Acta Ophthalmologica

Volumn 89, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 101-106

  Lee, Myeong Soo ^a,b   Shin, Byung Cheul ^c   Choi, Tae Young ^a   Ernst, Edzard ^b  

^a Korea Institute of Oriental Medicine (KIOM)   (South Korea)

^b PENINSULA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

^c Pusan National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Acupuncture; Dry eye; Systematic review

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL TEAR;

ACUPUNCTURE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CLINICAL TRIAL; CORNEA; DRY EYE; FLUORESCENCE; HUMAN; KERATOCONJUNCTIVITIS; META ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SCHIRMER TEST; SJOEGREN SYNDROME; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TREATMENT RESPONSE; XEROPHTHALMIA;

ACUPUNCTURE THERAPY; DRY EYE SYNDROMES; HUMANS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; TEARS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 79952223960     PISSN: 1755375X     EISSN: 17553768     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1755-3768.2009.01855.x     Document Type: Review

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