Efficacy of acupuncture in the treatment of chronic pain and fatigue in patients with multiple sclerosis

Journal of Isfahan Medical School

Volumn 30, Issue 202, 2012, Pages

  Tajik, Ali ^a   Dabiran, Soheila ^a   Soltanzadeh Prof , Akbar ^a   Taghavi, Parisa ^b  

^a TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Acupuncture; Efficacy; Multiple sclerosis

Indexed keywords

ACUPUNCTURE; ARTICLE; CHRONIC PAIN; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FATIGUE; HUMAN; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; OSWESTRY DISABILITY INDEX; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

EID: 84922686665     PISSN: 10277595     EISSN: 1735854X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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