Acupuncture and Oxidative Stress
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چکیده
1Acupuncture andMoxibustionDepartment, BeijingHospital of Traditional ChineseMedicine Affiliated to CapitalMedical University, 23 Meishuguanhou Street, Dongcheng District, Beijing 100010, China 2Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, College of Pharmacy, University of South Florida, 12901 Bruce B. Downs Boulevard, Tampa, FL 33612, USA 3Department of Surgery, Federal University of Ceara (UFC), 60430-140 Fortaleza, CE, Brazil 4Department of Clinical Oncology, Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Hong Kong
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دوره 2015 شماره
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تاریخ انتشار 2015