Acupuncture for cancer patients suffering from hiccups: A systematic review and meta-analysis

Complementary Therapies in Medicine

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 447-455

  Choi, Tae Young ^a   Lee, Myeong Soo ^a,b   Ernst, Edzard ^b  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Acupuncture; Cancer; Efficacy; Hiccup; Systematic review

Indexed keywords

GAMMA ORYZANOL; METHYLPHENIDATE; METOCLOPRAMIDE; PERPHENAZINE;

ACUPUNCTURE; ADULT; AGED; CANCER PATIENT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE DURATION; HICCUP; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; META ANALYSIS; MONOTHERAPY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REVIEW; SELF CARE; SYSTEMATIC ERROR; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

ACUPUNCTURE THERAPY; HICCUP; HUMANS; INJECTIONS, INTRAMUSCULAR; NEOPLASMS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84868495089     PISSN: 09652299     EISSN: 18736963     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ctim.2012.07.007     Document Type: Review

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