Acupuncture treatment of a patient with persistent allergic rhinitis complicated by rhinosinusitis and asthma

Evidence-based Complementary and Alternative Medicine

Volumn 2011, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Choi, Sun Mi ^a   Kim, Ae Ran ^a   Choi, Jun Yong ^a   Kim, Jong In ^b   Jung, So Young ^a  

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

^b Kyung Hee University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUPUNCTURE; ADULT; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CASE REPORT; COUGHING; DYSPNEA; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HUMAN; INFRARED RADIATION; MALE; NOSE OBSTRUCTION; PARANASAL SINUS; PERENNIAL RHINITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHINOCONJUNCTIVITIS; RHINORRHEA; RHINOSINUSITIS; SNEEZING;

EID: 79953269865     PISSN: 1741427X     EISSN: 17414288     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ecam/nep240     Document Type: Article

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