Manual Acupuncture for Treatment of Diabetic Peripheral Neuropathy: A Systematic Review of Randomized Controlled Trials

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 9, 2013, Pages

  Chen, Wei ^a   Yang, Guo yan ^a   Liu, Bo ^b   Manheimer, Eric ^c   Liu, Jian Ping ^a  

^a BEIJING UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE MEDICINE   (China)

^b CAPITAL MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYANOCOBALAMIN; INOSITOL; INSULIN; MECOBALAMIN; ORAL ANTIDIABETIC AGENT; THIAMINE;

ACUPUNCTURE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIABETIC NEUROPATHY; EXERCISE; HUMAN; META ANALYSIS; MONOTHERAPY; MOTOR NERVE CONDUCTION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PERIPHERAL NEUROPATHY; PUBLISHING; QUALITY CONTROL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SENSORY NERVE CONDUCTION; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW;

ACUPUNCTURE THERAPY; DIABETIC NEUROPATHIES; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC;

EID: 84884189418     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0073764     Document Type: Article

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