Electrodermal screening of biologically active points for upper gastrointestinal bleeding

American Journal of Chinese Medicine

Volumn 42, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 1111-1121

  Tseng, Ying Jung ^a   Hu, Wen Long ^a,b,c   Hung, I Ling ^a   Hsieh, Chia Jung ^b,d   Hung, Yu Chiang ^a,e  

^a CHANG GUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b KAOHSIUNG MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c FOOYIN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^d KAOHSIUNG MEDICAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^e I SHOU UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Diagnostic Accuracy; Electroacupuncture According to Voll; Meridian; Peptic Ulcer; Skin Electrical Resistance; Traditional Chinese Medicine

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICALLY ACTIVE POINT; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CIRCULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DIRECT CURRENT; ELECTROACUPUNCTURE; ELECTRODERMAL SCREENING; FEMALE; FINGER; HUMAN; LYMPH; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; SCREENING; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SKIN CONDUCTANCE; SMALL INTESTINE; STOMACH; TOE; UPPER GASTROINTESTINAL BLEEDING; ACUPUNCTURE; ADOLESCENT; FUNCTIONS OF THE SKIN AND ITS APPENDAGES; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; IMPEDANCE; MIDDLE AGED; PROCEDURES; STATISTICAL MODEL; UPPER GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ACUPUNCTURE POINTS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; ELECTRIC IMPEDANCE; ELECTROACUPUNCTURE; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ROC CURVE; SKIN PHYSIOLOGICAL PROCESSES; UPPER GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84926119796     PISSN: 0192415X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1142/S0192415X14500694     Document Type: Article

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