Gastrointestinal Endoscopy
Volume 60, Issue 5 , Pages 784-789 , November 2004

Acupuncture for GI endoscopy: a systematic review

  • Hyangsook Lee, KMD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests: Hyangsook Lee, KMD, Complementary Medicine, Peninsula Medical School, Universities of Exeter and Plymouth, Exeter, EX2 4NT, U.K.
    • ,
  • Edzard Ernst, MD, PhD, FRCP, FRCP(Edin.)

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 Hyangsook Lee's research was supported by the Brain Korea 21 Project in 2003.

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Gastrointestinal Endoscopy
Volume 60, Issue 5 , Pages 784-789 , November 2004

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