Needling the pain and comforting the brain: Acupuncture in the treatment of chronic migraine

Cephalalgia

Volumn 31, Issue 15, 2011, Pages 1507-1509

  Wang, Shuu Jiun ^a,b   Young, William B ^c  

^a TAIPEI VETERANS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL YANG MING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOTULINUM TOXIN A; PLACEBO; SALBUTAMOL; TOPIRAMATE;

ACUPUNCTURE; ASTHMA; CHEMOPROPHYLAXIS; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; DRUG EFFICACY; HUMAN; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PLACEBO EFFECT; REVIEW; THERAPY EFFECT; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE; TRANSFORMED MIGRAINE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ACUPUNCTURE THERAPY; CHRONIC DISEASE; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; HUMANS; ORGANOTHIOPHOSPHORUS COMPOUNDS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 81855197981     PISSN: 03331024     EISSN: 14682982     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0333102411424213     Document Type: Review

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