Acupuncture for vascular mild cognitive impairment: A systematic review of randomised controlled trials

Acupuncture in Medicine

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 368-374

  Cao, Huijuan ^a   Wang, Yuyi ^a   Chang, Dennis ^b   Zhou, Li ^a   Liu, Jianping ^a  

^a BEIJING UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE MEDICINE   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUPUNCTURE; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; HUMAN; META ANALYSIS; MILD COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REVIEW; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW (TOPIC);

ACUPUNCTURE; SYSTEMATIC REVIEWS;

ACUPUNCTURE THERAPY; CEREBROVASCULAR DISORDERS; HUMANS; MILD COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENT; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC;

EID: 84891831551     PISSN: 09645284     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/acupmed-2013-010363     Document Type: Review

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