Interest in alternative medical treatments, including acupuncture, is increasing. Alternative treatments must be subjected to the same objective standards as all medical treatments. A non-blinded pilot study of the safety, tolerability, and efficacy of acupuncture (ACUPX) for the symptoms of (PD) wa
Acupuncture for Parkinson's disease?
โ Scribed by Beom S. Jeon; Kyoung-Min Lee
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 2010
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 231 KB
- Volume
- 25
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0885-3185
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