Acupuncture for treatment of hospital-induced constipation in children: A retrospective case series study

Acupuncture in Medicine

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 258-260

  Anders, Eric Falk ^a   Findeisen, Annette ^b   Nowak, Andreas ^c   Rüdiger, Mario ^a   Usichenko, Taras Ivanovich ^b  

^a DRESDEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICINE GREIFSWALD   (Germany)

^c ACADEMIC TEACHING HOSPITAL DRESDEN FRIEDRICHSTADT   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUPUNCTURE; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONSTIPATION; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ACUPUNCTURE POINTS; ACUPUNCTURE THERAPY; ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CONSTIPATION; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84873736322     PISSN: 09645284     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/acupmed-2012-010192     Document Type: Article

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