Acupuncture for chronic nonbacterial prostatitis/chronic pelvic pain syndrome: A systematic review

Journal of Andrology

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 15-21

  Posadzki, Paul ^a   Zhang, Junhua ^b   Lee, Myeong Soo ^a,c   Ernst, Edzard ^a  

^a PENINSULA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b TIANJIN UNIVERSITY OF TRADITIONAL CHINESE MEDICINE   (China)

^c Korea Institute of Oriental Medicine (KIOM)   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Chronic abacterial prostatitis; Complementary and alternative medicine; Effectiveness

Indexed keywords

ACUPUNCTURE; CHRONIC PROSTATITIS; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; DATA BASE; HUMAN; PELVIS PAIN SYNDROME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); SHORT SURVEY; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW;

ACUPUNCTURE; CHRONIC DISEASE; HUMANS; MALE; PELVIC PAIN; PROSTATITIS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC;

EID: 84863037317     PISSN: 01963635     EISSN: 19394640     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2164/jandrol.111.013235     Document Type: Short Survey

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