Acupuncture for chronic constipation

Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews

Volumn 2023, Issue 4, 2023, Pages

  Cao, Huijuan ^a   Wang, Yuyi ^b   Su, Jingxu ^c   Zhao, Hong ^d   Han, Mei ^a   Liu, Jian Ping ^a  

^a BEIJING UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE MEDICINE   (China)

^b Chongqing Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine   (China)

^c GUANGDONG PROVINCIAL HOSPITAL OF CHINESE MEDICINE   (China)

^d INSTITUTE OF CHINESE MATERIA MEDICA   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NEUROTRANSMITTER;

ACUPUNCTURE; ARTICLE; CHRONIC CONSTIPATION; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HUMAN; INTERSTITIAL CELL OF CAJAL; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; MENTAL HEALTH; PREVALENCE; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); SOCIAL INTERACTION; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 85152950959     PISSN: 14651858     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD004117.pub4     Document Type: Article

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