Updated meta-analysis of acupuncture for treating dry Eye

Medical Acupuncture

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 317-327

  Ba, Jun ^a   Wu, Yan ^a,b   Li, Yanhong ^a   Xu, Ding ^a   Zhu, Wei ^a,b   Yu, Jing ^a  

^a TONGJI UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b NANJING MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Acupuncture; Artificial Tears; BUT; Dry Eye; Meta Analysis; Schirmer's Test; Sj gren's Syndrome

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL TEAR; FLUORESCEIN DERIVATIVE;

ACUPUNCTURE; DRY EYE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; META ANALYSIS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REVIEW; SCHIRMER TEST; SJOEGREN SYNDROME;

EID: 84886460432     PISSN: 19336586     EISSN: 19336594     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/acu.2013.0968     Document Type: Review

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