Chinese medicine pattern differentiation and its implications for clinical practice

Chinese Journal of Integrative Medicine

Volumn 17, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 818-823

  Ferreira, Arthur Sá ^a   Lopes, Agnaldo José ^a,b  

^a Augusto Motta University   (Brazil)

^b STATE UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Chinese medicine; Chinese medicine syndrome differentiation; Preventive medicine; Rehabilitation "health care delivery"

Indexed keywords

BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR;

ACUPUNCTURE; ANGINA PECTORIS; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; BRAIN INFARCTION; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CERVICAL SPONDYLOSIS; CHINESE MEDICINE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CYSTITIS; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DYSPLASIA; GASTRITIS; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER DISEASE; LOW BACK PAIN; LUNG CANCER; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; METABOLIC DISORDER; NAUSEA AND VOMITING; PERIOPERATIVE PERIOD; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PREOPERATIVE CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; DISEASES; METHODOLOGY; REVIEW;

DISEASE; HUMANS; MEDICINE, CHINESE TRADITIONAL; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS;

EID: 84858383319     PISSN: 16720415     EISSN: 19930402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11655-011-0892-y     Document Type: Article

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