Acupuncture for allergic disease therapy-the current state of evidence

Expert Review of Clinical Immunology

Volumn 10, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 831-841

  Pfab, Florian ^a   Schalock, Peter C ^b   Napadow, Vitaly ^b,c,d   Athanasiadis, Georgios I ^a   Huss Marp, Johannes ^e,f   Ring, Johannes ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c LOGAN COLLEGE OF CHIROPRACTIC   (United States)

^d Kyung Hee University   (South Korea)

^e UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^f THERMO FISHER SCIENTIFIC   (Germany)

Author keywords

acupuncture; allergic rhinitis; allergy; asthma; atopic dermatitis

Indexed keywords

CETIRIZINE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN ENHANCER BINDING PROTEIN; INDUCIBLE NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; STAT6 PROTEIN; SUBSTANCE P;

ACUPUNCTURE; ALLERGIC CONJUNCTIVITIS; ALLERGIC DISEASE; ALLERGIC RHINITIS; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; ATOPIC DERMATITIS; ATOPY; BRONCHUS HYPERREACTIVITY; CHRONIC BRONCHITIS; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DYSMENORRHEA; HAY FEVER; HEADACHE; HEMATOMA; HUMAN; LOW BACK PAIN; NECK PAIN; NONHUMAN; OSTEOARTHRITIS; PERENNIAL RHINITIS; PNEUMOTHORAX; POLLEN; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); RHINOCONJUNCTIVITIS; SHAM PROCEDURE; T LYMPHOCYTE; HYPERSENSITIVITY; RHINITIS, ALLERGIC; STANDARDS; TRENDS;

ACUPUNCTURE THERAPY; HUMANS; HYPERSENSITIVITY; RHINITIS, ALLERGIC;

EID: 84902649405     PISSN: 1744666X     EISSN: 17448409     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1586/1744666X.2014.924855     Document Type: Article

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