The effects of wet cupping on serum high-sensitivity C-reactive protein and heat shock protein 27 antibody titers in patients with metabolic syndrome

Complementary Therapies in Medicine

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 640-644

  Farahmand, Seyed Kazem ^a   Gang, Li Zhi ^b   Saghebi, Seyed Ahmad ^a   Mohammadi, Maryam ^a   Mohammadi, Shabnam ^c,d   Mohammadi, Ghazaleh ^a   Ferns, Gordan A ^e   Ghanbarzadeh, Majid ^a   Razmgah, Gholamreza Ghayour ^a   Ramazani, Zahra ^a   Ghayour Mobarhan, Majid ^a   Esmaily, Habibollah ^f   Taghanaki, Hamidreza Bahrami ^a   Azizi, Hoda ^a  

^a MASHHAD UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b University of Pecan   (China)

^c GONABAD UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^d MASHHAD UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^e KEELE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^f MASHHAD UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Heat shock protein 27; High sensitive C reactive protein; Metabolic syndrome; Wet cupping

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; HEAT SHOCK PROTEIN 27 ANTIBODY; PROTEIN ANTIBODY; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; HEAT SHOCK PROTEIN 27; HSPB1 PROTEIN, HUMAN;

ADULT; AGED; ANALYSIS OF COVARIANCE; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CHINESE MEDICINE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; WET CUPPING; ADOLESCENT; BLOOD; MIDDLE AGED; PHLEBOTOMY; PROCEDURES; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BLOODLETTING; C-REACTIVE PROTEIN; HSP27 HEAT-SHOCK PROTEINS; HUMANS; MEDICINE, CHINESE TRADITIONAL; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; MIDDLE AGED; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84906790374     PISSN: 09652299     EISSN: 18736963     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ctim.2014.04.004     Document Type: Article

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