Gastrointestinal symptoms of infantile colic and their change after light needling of acupuncture: A case series study of 913 infants

Chinese Medicine

Volumn 6, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Reinthal, Marianne ^a,b   Lund, Iréne ^c   Ullman, Dacil ^d   Lundeberg, Thomas ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^b Mariannes Akupunktur   (Sweden)

^c KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^d Sabbatsbergs Hospital ^*  (Sweden)

^e Sabbatsberg Hospital   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUPUNCTURE; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CASE STUDY; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL EVALUATION; COLIC; COLON MOTILITY; CRYING; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOM; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT FUNCTION; HUMAN; HYPERSALIVATION; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PARENT; QUESTIONNAIRE; STOMACH PARAMETERS; TREATMENT DURATION;

EID: 80051526444     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17498546     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1749-8546-6-28     Document Type: Article

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