Acupuncture as treatment for nervous system diseases

BioMedicine (Netherlands)

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 51-57

  Hsieh, Ching Liang ^a,b  

^a CHINA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b CHINA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Acupuncture therapy; Electroacupuncture; Nervous system diseases

Indexed keywords

ACUPUNCTURE; ACUTE DISEASE; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; BELL PALSY; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME; CHRONIC DISEASE; COMPARATIVE EFFECTIVENESS; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; DEGENERATIVE DISEASE; ELECTROACUPUNCTURE; EPILEPSY; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; HEMIPARESIS; HEMIPLEGIA; MIGRAINE; MULTIINFARCT DEMENTIA; MUSCLE SPASM; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; PARKINSON DISEASE; PERIPHERAL NEUROPATHY; PHYSIOTHERAPY; REVIEW; SENSORY STIMULATION; STROKE; TENSION HEADACHE; THERAPY EFFECT; TREATMENT DURATION;

EID: 84862776179     PISSN: 22118020     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biomed.2012.04.004     Document Type: Review

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