Forbidden points in pregnancy: Do they exist?

Acupuncture in Medicine

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 135-136

  Da Silva, André V Guerreiro ^a   Nakamura, Mary Uchiyama ^a   Da Silva, João Bosco Guerreiro ^b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b Rio Preto Medical College   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUPUNCTURE; ARTICLE; DRUG CONTRAINDICATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; PREGNANCY; SPONTANEOUS ABORTION;

ABORTION, SPONTANEOUS; ACUPUNCTURE POINTS; ACUPUNCTURE THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; PREGNANCY;

EID: 79959219312     PISSN: 09645284     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/aim.2010.003699     Document Type: Article

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