Effect of acupuncture on body weight reduction and inflammatory mediators in egyptian obese patients

Open Access Macedonian Journal of Medical Sciences

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 85-90

  Abou Ismail, Laila Ahmed ^a   Ahmed Ibrahim, Alshaymaa ^a   Abdel Latif, Ghada A ^a   Abd El Haleem, Dalia Adel ^a   Helmy, Ghada ^a   Labib, Lylah M ^a   Kadry El Masry, M ^a  

^a NATIONAL RESEARCH CENTRE   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Acupuncture; HsCRP; IL6; Obesity; TNF

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CREATININE; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN; INTERLEUKIN 6; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA; URIC ACID;

ACUPUNCTURE; ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET RESTRICTION; EGYPTIAN; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; KIDNEY FUNCTION; KIDNEY FUNCTION TEST; LABORATORY TEST; LOW CALORY DIET; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; TRIACYLGLYCEROL BLOOD LEVEL; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

EID: 84930474259     PISSN: None     EISSN: 18579655     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3889/oamjms.2015.010     Document Type: Article

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