Biophysical and Clinical Research on Acupuncture and Moxibustion

نویسندگان

  • Xueyong Shen
  • Lixing Lao
  • Yan Zhang
  • Ke Cheng
چکیده

1College of Acupuncture and Moxibustion, Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Shanghai 201203, China 2Shanghai Research Center of Acupuncture & Meridians, Shanghai 201203, China 3School of Chinese Medicine, The University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam, Hong Kong 4Department of Family and Community Medicine, Laura W. Bush Institute for Women’s Health, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, Lubbock, TX 79430, USA

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دوره 2015  شماره 

صفحات  -

تاریخ انتشار 2015