Acupuncture for infantile colic: A blinding-validated, randomized controlled multicentre trial in general practice

Scandinavian Journal of Primary Health Care

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 190-196

  Skjeie, Holgeir ^a   Skonnord, Trygve ^a   Fetveit, Arne ^a   Brekke, Mette ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

Acupuncture; Acupuncture point; General practice; Infantile colic; Norway; Randomized controlled trial

Indexed keywords

ACUPUNCTURE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COLIC; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYING; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; NEWBORN; NORWAY; PROCEDURES; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TIME; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; METHODOLOGY;

ACUPUNCTURE THERAPY; COLIC; CRYING; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; NORWAY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84890044005     PISSN: 02813432     EISSN: 15027724     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/02813432.2013.862915     Document Type: Article

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