Efficacy of Laser Auricular Acupuncture for Smoking Cessation
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Auricular Acupuncture with Laser
Auricular acupuncture is a method which has been successfully used in various fields of medicine especially in the treatment of pain relief. The introduction of lasers especially low-level lasers into medicine brought besides the already existing stimulation with needles and electricity an additional technique to auricular acupuncture. This literature research looks at the historical background...
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عنوان ژورنال: Sultan Qaboos University Medical Journal [SQUMJ]
سال: 2021
ISSN: 2075-0528,2075-051X
DOI: 10.18295/squmj.2021.21.02.017