Pilot Scheme of health policy in stroke adjuvant acupuncture therapy for acute and subacute ischemic stroke in Taiwan

Evidence-based Complementary and Alternative Medicine

Volumn 2011, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Chiu, Hsien Hsueh Elley ^a,d   Wei, Yi Chia ^a   Sun, Mao Feng ^b,c   Chang, Ku Chou ^a,d,e   Chang, Chee Jen ^f   Hung, Yu Chiang ^a,d   Lin, Yu Jr ^a  

^a CHANG GUNG MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b CHINA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^c CHINA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^d CHANG GUNG UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (Taiwan)

^e Yuh Ing Junior College of Health Care and Management   (Taiwan)

^f CHANG GUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUPUNCTURE; ACUTE ISCHEMIC STROKE; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEX DIFFERENCE; SUBACUTE ISCHEMIC STROKE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 79959196380     PISSN: 1741427X     EISSN: 17414288     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/2011/689813     Document Type: Article

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