Acupuncture analgesia: areas of consensus and controversy

Affiliations

¹ Neuroscience Research Institute and Department of Neurobiology, Peking University Health Science Center, Key Laboratory of Neuroscience, The Ministry of Education and Ministry of Public Health, Beijing 100191, China.

Review

Ji-Sheng Han. Pain. 2011 Mar.

. 2011 Mar;152(3 Suppl):S41-S48.

doi: 10.1016/j.pain.2010.10.012.

¹ Neuroscience Research Institute and Department of Neurobiology, Peking University Health Science Center, Key Laboratory of Neuroscience, The Ministry of Education and Ministry of Public Health, Beijing 100191, China.

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Comment in

Re: Han J-S. Acupuncture analgesia: areas of consensus and controversy. Pain 2011; 152(3S): S41-8.
Ernst E. Ernst E. Pain. 2011 Jun;152(6):1439. doi: 10.1016/j.pain.2011.03.021. Epub 2011 Apr 13. Pain. 2011. PMID: 21489691 No abstract available.

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