Anti-inflammatory effect of electroacupuncture in the C3H/HeJ mouse model of alopecia areata

Acupuncture in Medicine

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 117-119

  Maeda, Tameyasu ^a   Taniguchi, Manabu ^a   Matsuzaki, Shinsuke ^b   Shingaki, Kenta ^a   Kanazawa, Shigeyuki ^a   Miyata, Shingo ^a,c  

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c KINKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT;

ALOPECIA AREATA; ANIMAL; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; C3H MOUSE; DEGRANULATION; DISEASE MODEL; ELECTROACUPUNCTURE; FEMALE; HAIR FOLLICLE; IMMUNOLOGY; INFLAMMATION; LETTER; MAST CELL; MOUSE; MOUSE STRAIN; PATHOLOGY;

ALOPECIA AREATA; ANIMALS; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASES; CELL DEGRANULATION; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; ELECTROACUPUNCTURE; FEMALE; HAIR FOLLICLE; INFLAMMATION; MAST CELLS; MICE; MICE, INBRED C3H; MICE, INBRED STRAINS;

EID: 84878483039     PISSN: 09645284     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/acupmed-2012-010240     Document Type: Letter

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