Acupuncture as treatment of hot flashes and the possible role of calcitonin gene-related peptide

Evidence-based Complementary and Alternative Medicine

Volumn 2012, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Spetz Holm, Anna Clara E ^a,b   Frisk, Jessica ^a,b   Hammar, Mats L ^a,b  

^a LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b 581 85 Linkping   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIGESTAGEN; BETA ENDORPHIN; CALCITONIN GENE RELATED PEPTIDE; CALCITONIN GENE RELATED PEPTIDE RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; CIMICIFUGA RACEMOSA EXTRACT; CLONIDINE; ESTRADIOL; GABAPENTIN; NEUROTRANSMITTER; OPIATE RECEPTOR; PAROXETINE; PHYTOESTROGEN; PLACEBO; SEX HORMONE; TAMOXIFEN; TESTOSTERONE; TIBOLONE; VENLAFAXINE;

ACUPUNCTURE; BODY TEMPERATURE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER RECURRENCE; CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM; CASTRATION; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; DISEASE COURSE; DRUG CONTRAINDICATION; DRUG MECHANISM; ESTROGEN THERAPY; FLUID RETENTION; HEAT LOSS; HORMONAL THERAPY; HORMONE SUBSTITUTION; HOT FLUSH; HUMAN; MASTALGIA; MENOPAUSE; MIGRAINE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; REVIEW; SIDE EFFECT; SUPPLEMENTATION; SWEAT GLAND; THERMOREGULATION; WEIGHT GAIN;

EID: 84855175971     PISSN: 1741427X     EISSN: 17414288     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/2012/579321     Document Type: Review

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