Considerations for use of acupuncture as supplemental therapy for patients with allergic asthma

Clinical Reviews in Allergy and Immunology

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 254-261

  Yang, Yong Qing ^a   Chen, Han Ping ^a   Wang, Yu ^a   Yin, Lei Miao ^a   Xu, Yu Dong ^a   Ran, Jun ^a  

^a SHANGHAI UNIVERSITY OF TRADITIONAL CHINESE MEDICINE   (China)

Author keywords

Acupuncture; Allergic asthma; Cellular immunity; Mucosal immunity

Indexed keywords

EOSIN; HYDROCORTISONE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; INTERLEUKIN 2 RECEPTOR;

ACUPUNCTURE; ACUPUNCTURE NEEDLE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALLERGIC ASTHMA; ARTICLE; CD3+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CD4+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CD8+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; CHILD; CHINESE MEDICINE; CHRONIC BRONCHITIS; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EOSINOPHIL COUNT; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HUMAN; HYDROCORTISONE BLOOD LEVEL; IMMUNOGLOBULIN BLOOD LEVEL; IMMUNOGLOBULIN PRODUCTION; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOMODULATION; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MUCOSAL IMMUNITY; NOSE SECRETION; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; SALIVA LEVEL; SCHOOL CHILD; SUCROSE DENSITY GRADIENT CENTRIFUGATION; T LYMPHOCYTE; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ACUPUNCTURE THERAPY; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ASTHMA; CHILD; EOSINOPHILS; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A, SECRETORY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; MIDDLE AGED; NASAL MUCOSA; SALIVA; T-LYMPHOCYTE SUBSETS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84877874357     PISSN: 10800549     EISSN: 15590267     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12016-012-8321-3     Document Type: Article

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