Integrative laser medicine and high-tech acupuncture at the medical University of Graz, Austria, Europe

Evidence-based Complementary and Alternative Medicine

Volumn 2012, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Litscher, Gerhard ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUPUNCTURE; AUGMENTATION INDEX; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; BLOOD PRESSURE; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; ELECTROACUPUNCTURE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EUROPE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HEART RATE VARIABILITY; HUMAN; LASER DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; METHODOLOGY; NEAR INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSE WAVE; REVIEW; RR INTERVAL; SKIN CONDUCTANCE; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE; THERMOGRAPHY;

EID: 84861029514     PISSN: 1741427X     EISSN: 17414288     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/2012/103109     Document Type: Review

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