A pilot study of an acupuncture protocol to improve visual function in retinitis pigmentosa patients

Clinical and Experimental Optometry

Volumn 97, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 240-247

  Bittner, Ava K ^a   Gould, Jeffrey M ^b   Rosenfarb, Andy ^c   Rozanski, Collin ^a   Dagnelie, Gislin ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c Acupuncture Health Associates   (United States)

Author keywords

Acupuncture; Low vision; Retinitis pigmentosa

Indexed keywords

ACUPUNCTURE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; DARK ADAPTATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PILOT STUDY; PROCEDURES; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RETINITIS PIGMENTOSA; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISION TEST; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL FIELD; YOUNG ADULT;

ACUPUNCTURE THERAPY; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; DARK ADAPTATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PILOT PROJECTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RETINITIS PIGMENTOSA; TOMOGRAPHY, OPTICAL COHERENCE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISION TESTS; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL FIELDS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84899646841     PISSN: 08164622     EISSN: 14440938     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/cxo.12117     Document Type: Article

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