Complementary and Alternative Medicine for the Management of Cervical Radiculopathy: An Overview of Systematic Reviews

Evidence-based Complementary and Alternative Medicine

Volumn 2015, Issue , 2015, Pages

  Wei, Xu ^a   Wang, Shangquan ^a   Li, Jinxue ^a   Gao, Jinghua ^a   Yu, Jie ^a   Feng, Minshan ^a   Zhu, Liguo ^a  

^a WANGJING HOSPITAL   (China)

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EID: 84939781967     PISSN: 1741427X     EISSN: 17414288     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/2015/793649     Document Type: Review

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