Acupuncture for children with autism spectrum disorders: A systematic review of randomized clinical trials

Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders

Volumn 42, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 1671-1683

  Lee, Myeong Soo ^a   Choi, Tae Young ^a   Shin, Byung Cheul ^b   Ernst, Edzard ^c  

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

^b Pusan National University   (South Korea)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Acupuncture; Autism spectrum disorders; Complementary medicine; Effectiveness; Systematic review

Indexed keywords

ACUPUNCTURE; ADVERSE OUTCOME; ARTICLE; AUTISM; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CHINESE MEDICINE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); SYSTEMATIC ERROR; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VALIDITY;

ACUPUNCTURE THERAPY; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT DISORDERS, PERVASIVE; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; DATABASES, FACTUAL; HUMANS; LANGUAGE THERAPY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84864352744     PISSN: 01623257     EISSN: 15733432     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10803-011-1409-4     Document Type: Article

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