Effects of body electroacupuncture on plasma leptin concentrations in obese and overweight people in Iran: A randomized controlled trial

Alternative Therapies in Health and Medicine

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 24-31

  Darbandi, Sara ^a   Darbandi, Mahsa ^a   Mokarram, Pooneh ^b   Owji, Ali Akbar ^c   Zhao, Baxiao ^d   Ghayor Mobarhan, Majid ^a   Abdi, Hamid ^a   Saberfiroozi, Mehdi ^e   Nematy, Mohsen ^a   Safarian, Mohammad ^a   Parizadeh, Mohammad Reza ^a   Shakeri, Mohamad Taghi ^a   Soukhtanloo, Mohammad ^a   Abbasi, Parisa ^a   Salehmoghadam, Masoud ^a   Dabbaghmanesh, Mohammad Hossein ^f   Ferns, Gordon ^g  

^a MASHHAD UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b SHIRAZ UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^c SUMS   (Iran)

^d BEIJING UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE MEDICINE   (China)

^e SHIRAZ UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^f SHIRAZ UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^g KEELE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANOREXIGENIC AGENT; LEPTIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD; BODY MASS; CALORIC RESTRICTION; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROACUPUNCTURE; HUMAN; IRAN; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; APPETITE DEPRESSANTS; BODY MASS INDEX; CALORIC RESTRICTION; ELECTROACUPUNCTURE; HUMANS; IRAN; LEPTIN; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; OVERWEIGHT; PREVALENCE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; WEIGHT LOSS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84874884823     PISSN: 10786791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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