Acupuncture and burning mouth syndrome: A pilot study

Pain Practice

Volumn 13, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 627-632

  Sardella, Andrea ^a   Lodi, Giovanni ^a   Tarozzi, Marco ^a   Varoni, Elena ^a,b   Franchini, Roberto ^a,b   Carrassi, Antonio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN PIEDMONT   (Italy)

Author keywords

Acupuncture; Burning mouth syndrome; Health related quality of life; SF 36; visual analogue scale

Indexed keywords

ACUPUNCTURE; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BURNING MOUTH SYNDROME; BURNING SENSATION; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DISEASE DURATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MOUTH PAIN; PILOT STUDY; QUALITY OF LIFE; SHORT FORM 36; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT REFUSAL; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

ACUPUNCTURE; BURNING MOUTH SYNDROME; HEALTH-RELATED QUALITY OF LIFE; SF-36; VISUAL ANALOGUE SCALE;

ACUPUNCTURE THERAPY; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BURNING MOUTH SYNDROME; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PILOT PROJECTS; QUALITY OF LIFE;

EID: 84887410412     PISSN: 15307085     EISSN: 15332500     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/papr.12031     Document Type: Article

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