Acupuncture for Headache. It's Still All Placebo

Headache

Volumn 57, Issue 1, 2017, Pages 143-146

  Solomon, Seymour ^a  

^a ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUPUNCTURE; ARTICLE; CHINESE MEDICINE; EPISODIC MIGRAINE; HEADACHE; HUMAN; META ANALYSIS (TOPIC); MULTICENTER STUDY (TOPIC); NOCICEPTION; PLACEBO EFFECT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); SHAM PROCEDURE;

ACUPUNCTURE THERAPY; HEADACHE; HUMANS;

EID: 85007565938     PISSN: 00178748     EISSN: 15264610     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/head.12975     Document Type: Article

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