The influence of different methods of acupuncture on skin surface perfusion

Journal of Traditional Chinese Medicine

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 40-44

  Huang, Tao ^a   Wang, Rui Hong ^a   Zhang, Wei Bo ^a   Han, Bin ^a   Wang, Guang Jun ^a   Tian, Yu Ying ^a   Zhang, Yu Qin ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF CHINESE MATERIA MEDICA   (China)

Author keywords

Acupuncture; Skin surface perfusion

Indexed keywords

PLACEBO;

ACUPUNCTURE; ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD RHEOLOGY; BODY SURFACE; ELBOW; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LASER DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; SHAM PROCEDURE; SKIN BLOOD FLOW; SKIN SURFACE;

EID: 84861419957     PISSN: 02552922     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0254-6272(12)60029-6     Document Type: Article

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