A case study on acupuncture in the treatment of schizophrenia

Acupuncture in Medicine

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 286-289

  Bosch, Peggy ^a,b,c   Staudte, Heike ^b   Van Den Noort, Maurits ^c,d   Lim, Sabina ^c  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b LVR Klinik Bedburg Hau   (Germany)

^c East West Medical Research Institute   (South Korea)

^d FREE UNIVERSITY OF BRUSSELS   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUPUNCTURE; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; HUMAN; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGY; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SLEEP; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ACUPUNCTURE THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SCHIZOPHRENIC PSYCHOLOGY; SLEEP; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84902286124     PISSN: 09645284     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/acupmed-2014-010547     Document Type: Article

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