Effectiveness of acupuncture to treat irritable bowel syndrome: A meta-analysis

World Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 20, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 1871-1877

  Chao, Guan Qun ^a   Zhang, Shuo ^b  

^a ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b THE FIRST AFFILIATED HOSPITAL OF ZHEJIANG CHINESE MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Acupuncture; Functional gastrointestinal disorder; Irritable bowel syndrome; Meta analysis

Indexed keywords

ACUPUNCTURE; ARTICLE; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; HUMAN; IRRITABLE COLON; META ANALYSIS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PUBLISHING; QUALITY CONTROL; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; IRRITABLE BOWEL SYNDROME; METHODOLOGY; PROCEDURES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ACUPUNCTURE; ACUPUNCTURE THERAPY; CLINICAL TRIALS AS TOPIC; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; HUMANS; IRRITABLE BOWEL SYNDROME; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; RESEARCH DESIGN; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84894254324     PISSN: 10079327     EISSN: 22192840     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3748/wjg.v20.i7.1871     Document Type: Article

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