Evaluation of the effects of acupuncture on blood flow in humans with ultrasound Color Doppler imaging

Evidence-based Complementary and Alternative Medicine

Volumn 2012, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Takayama, Shin ^a   Watanabe, Masashi ^a   Kusuyama, Hiroko ^a   Nagase, Satoru ^a   Seki, Takashi ^a   Nakazawa, Toru ^a   Yaegashi, Nobuo ^a  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUPUNCTURE; ARTERY; BLOOD FLOWMETRY; BRACHIAL ARTERY; CILIARY ARTERY; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; HEMODYNAMIC PARAMETERS; HUMAN; MESENTERY BLOOD FLOW; OPEN ANGLE GLAUCOMA; PERIPHERAL CIRCULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIAL ARTERY; RETROBULBAR ARTERY; REVIEW; STIMULATION; SUPERIOR MESENTERIC ARTERY; THERAPY EFFECT; VASCULAR RESISTANCE;

EID: 84863635328     PISSN: 1741427X     EISSN: 17414288     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/2012/513638     Document Type: Review

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