Acupuncture and multiple sclerosis: A review of the evidence

Evidence-based Complementary and Alternative Medicine

Volumn 2014, Issue , 2014, Pages

  Karpatkin, H I ^a   Napolione, D ^a   Siminovich Blok, B ^b  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUPUNCTURE; ANIMAL MODEL; DISEASE SEVERITY; ELECTROACUPUNCTURE; FATIGUE; HUMAN; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; MYELINATION; NEUROPATHIC PAIN; NONHUMAN; PAIN; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REVIEW; SPASTICITY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 84904088781     PISSN: 1741427X     EISSN: 17414288     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/2014/972935     Document Type: Review

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