Acupuncture for hypertension

Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews

Volumn 2018, Issue 11, 2018, Pages

  Yang, Jie ^a   Chen, Jiao ^a   Yang, Mingxiao ^b   Yu, Siyi ^a   Ying, Li ^a   Liu, Guan J ^c   Ren, Yu lan ^a   Wright, James M ^d   Liang, Fan rong ^a  

^a CHENGDU UNIVERSITY OF TRADITIONAL CHINESE MEDICINE   (China)

^b THE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^c SICHUAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CALCIUM ANTAGONIST; CARDIOVASCULAR AGENT; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR;

ACUPUNCTURE; ADVERSE EVENT; BLEEDING; BLOOD PRESSURE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; HEADACHE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; NOCICEPTION; PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); RENIN ANGIOTENSIN ALDOSTERONE SYSTEM; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAFETY; SHAM PROCEDURE; SHORT COURSE THERAPY; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; TREATMENT WITHDRAWAL; META ANALYSIS; PUBLISHING;

ACUPUNCTURE THERAPY; ANGIOTENSIN-CONVERTING ENZYME INHIBITORS; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENTS; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKERS; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; PUBLICATION BIAS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC;

EID: 84892670058     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1469493X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD008821.pub2     Document Type: Review

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