A Clinical Pilot Study Comparing Traditional Acupuncture to Combined Acupuncture for Treating Headache, Trigeminal Neuralgia and Retro-auricular Pain in Facial Palsy

JAMS Journal of Acupuncture and Meridian Studies

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 29-43

  Ahn, Chang Beohm ^a   Lee, Sang Ju ^b   Lee, Jang Cheon ^b   Fossion, Jean Pierre J ^c   Sant'Ana, Antonio ^d  

^a Dong Eui University   (South Korea)

^b Pusan National University   (South Korea)

^c Belgian Scientific Committee of Medical Acupuncture   (Belgium)

^d Hospital Estadual   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Acupuncture; Facial palsy; Headache; Retro auricular pain; Trigeminal neuralgia

Indexed keywords

ACUPUNCTURE; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FACIAL NERVE PARALYSIS; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; OTALGIA; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PILOT STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE; TRIGEMINUS NEURALGIA; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

EID: 79953010098     PISSN: 20052901     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S2005-2901(11)60005-8     Document Type: Article

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