Commentary on the Cochrane review of Tai Chi for rheumatoid arthritis.

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  • Gloria Y Yeh
چکیده

i r t u m o w e r s w fi c a H o t a c he Cochrane Complementary Medicine Field is the group within the Cochrane Collaboration focused on facilitating the conduct f Cochrane systematic reviews of CAM herapies. The CAM Field represents an inernational collaborative effort among reearchers, clinicians, consumers, and CAM ractitioners from nearly every continent. he Field’s central office is located at the enter for Integrative Medicine, Univerity of Maryland School of Medicine, 200 Kernan Drive, Kernan Hospital ansion, Baltimore, MD 21207-6697. or more information, contact Eric Maneimer at: [email protected]. du. The Complementary Medicine Field s supported by Grant R24 AT001293 rom the National Center for Compleentary and Alternative Medicine (NCAM). The contents of this article are olely the responsibility of the author and o not necessarily represent the official iews of the NCCAM, or the National nstitutes of Health.

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  • Explore

دوره 4 4  شماره 

صفحات  -

تاریخ انتشار 2008