Acupuncture in patients with seasonal allergic rhinitis a randomized trial

Annals of Internal Medicine

Volumn 158, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 225-234

  Brinkhaus, Benno ^a   Ortiz, Miriam ^a   Witt, Claudia M ^a   Roll, Stephanie ^a   Linde, Klaus ^b   Pfab, Florian ^c   Niggemann, Bodo ^d   Hummelsberger, Josef ^e   Treszl, András ^f   Ring, Johannes ^c   Zuberbier, Torsten ^a   Wegscheider, Karl ^f   Willich, Stefan N ^a  

^a CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^c Christine Kühne Center for Allergy and Education   (Germany)

^d DRK KLINIKEN BERLIN WESTEND   (Germany)

^e not available   (Germany)

^f UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER HAMBURG EPPENDORF   (Germany)

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EID: 84874609522     PISSN: 00034819     EISSN: 15393704     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7326/0003-4819-158-4-201302190-00002     Document Type: Article

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