Chinese medicine as vegetative systems biology: Part I: therapeutic methods

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Volumn 59, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 1160-1164

  Greten, H J ^a,b  

^a Heidelberg School of Chinese Medicine   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Acupuncture; Heidelberg Model; Otorhinolaryngology; Systems biology; Traditional Chinese medicine

Indexed keywords

CHINESE MEDICINE; EAR NOSE THROAT DISEASE; GERMANY; HUMAN; INTEGRATED HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; METHODOLOGY; PHILOSOPHY; REVIEW; SYSTEMS BIOLOGY;

DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE, INTEGRATED; GERMANY; HOLISTIC HEALTH; HUMANS; MEDICINE, CHINESE TRADITIONAL; OTORHINOLARYNGOLOGIC DISEASES; SYSTEMS BIOLOGY;

EID: 83055179436     PISSN: 00176192     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00106-011-2409-6     Document Type: Article

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