High-tech acupuncture® made in Austria - Cerebral circulation

Journal of Chinese Integrative Medicine

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 362-368

  Litscher, Gerhard ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

Author keywords

Austria; Blood flow velocity; Cerebrovascular circulation; Laser acupuncture; Laser doppler flowmetry; Review; Ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

ACUPUNCTURE; AUSTRIA; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; BRAIN CIRCULATION; CHINESE MEDICINE; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY; NERVE STIMULATION; REVIEW; TECHNOLOGY; ULTRASOUND;

ACUPUNCTURE THERAPY; AUSTRIA; CEREBROVASCULAR CIRCULATION; HUMANS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, TRANSCRANIAL;

EID: 84859747678     PISSN: 16721977     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3736/jcim20120402     Document Type: Review

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