The effects of wet cupping on coronary risk factors in patients with metabolic syndrome: A randomized controlled trial

American Journal of Chinese Medicine

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 269-277

  Farahmand, Syed Kazem ^a   Gang, Li Zhi ^b   Saghebi, Seyed Ahmad ^a   Mohammadi, Maryam ^a   Mohammadi, Shabnam ^b   Mohammadi, Ghazaleh ^a   Ferns, Gordan A ^c,d   Zadeh, Majid Ghanbar ^a   Razmgah, Gholamreza Ghayour ^a   Ramazani, Zahra ^a   Ghayour Mobarhan, Majid ^a,b   Azizi, Hoda ^a  

^a AVICENNA RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Iran)

^b MASHHAD UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^c PEKING UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (China)

^d KEELE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Metabolic Syndrome; Randomized Trial; Serum Lipid; Wet Cupping

Indexed keywords

LIPID;

ADULT; AGED; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; CHINESE MEDICINE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY RISK; DIET THERAPY; HUMAN; LIPID BLOOD LEVEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; PATIENT SAFETY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RISK FACTOR; WET CUPPING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHOLESTEROL; CORONARY DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIPID METABOLISM; MALE; MEDICINE, CHINESE TRADITIONAL; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84858679401     PISSN: 0192415X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1142/S0192415X12500218     Document Type: Article

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