Acupuncture for autism spectrum disorders (ASD)

Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews

Volumn 2011, Issue 9, 2011, Pages

  Cheuk, Daniel Kl ^a   Wong, Virginia ^a   Chen, Wen Xiong ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b Children's Hospital of Guangzhou   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUPUNCTURE; AUTISM; AUTISM ASSESSMENT; AUTISM BEHAVIOR CHECKLIST; BLEEDING; CHINA; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; COGNITION; CRYING; EGYPT; FEAR; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; HONG KONG; HUMAN; HYPERACTIVITY; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; IRRITABILITY; LANGUAGE ABILITY; PAIN; PATIENT SAFETY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REVIEW; SLEEP DISORDER; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TREATMENT DURATION; ADOLESCENT; CHILD; META ANALYSIS; METHODOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ACUPUNCTURE THERAPY; ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT DISORDERS, PERVASIVE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; HUMANS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 80055064741     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1469493X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD007849.pub2     Document Type: Review

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