Acupuncture for hot flushes in perimenopausal and postmenopausal women: A randomised, shamcontrolled trial

Acupuncture in Medicine

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 249-256

  Kim, Dong Il ^a   Jeong, Jae Cheol ^a   Kim, Kun Hyung ^b   Rho, Jin Ju ^a   Choi, Min Sun ^a   Yoon, Sang Ho ^c   Choi, Sun Mi ^b   Kang, Kyung Won ^b   Ahn, Hong Yup ^a   Lee, Myeong Soo ^b  

^a Dongguk University   (South Korea)

^b Korea Institute of Oriental Medicine (KIOM)   (South Korea)

^c Dongguk University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUPUNCTURE; ARTICLE; CLIMACTERIUM; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HOT FLUSH; HUMAN; MENOPAUSE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTMENOPAUSE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL;

ACUPUNCTURE POINTS; ACUPUNCTURE THERAPY; FEMALE; HOT FLASHES; HUMANS; MENOPAUSE; MIDDLE AGED; PERIMENOPAUSE; POSTMENOPAUSE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 83255188930     PISSN: 09645284     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/aim.2011.004085     Document Type: Article

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