Therapeutic roles of acupuncture in functional gastrointestinal disorders
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Review article: therapeutic roles of acupuncture in functional gastrointestinal disorders.
Acupuncture has been practiced empirically in China for several millennia, and is being increasingly accepted by practitioners and patients worldwide. Functional gastrointestinal disorders are common in clinical gastroenterology. The prevalence of one or more functional gastrointestinal disorders is estimated to be as high as 70% in general population using Rome diagnostic criteria. Since funct...
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عنوان ژورنال: Alimentary Pharmacology & Therapeutics
سال: 2004
ISSN: 0269-2813
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2036.2004.02196.x