Acupuncture in sham device controlled trials may not be as effective as acupuncture in the real world: a preliminary network meta-analysis of studies of acupuncture for hot flashes in menopausal women.

Publication Year: 2019

DOI:
10.1136/acupmed-2018-011671

PMCID:
PMC7041625

PMID:
31517500

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Full Title: Acupunct Med

Abbreviation: Acupunct Med

Country: Unknown

Publisher: Unknown

Language: N/A

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Subject Category: Complementary Therapies

Available in Europe PMC: Yes

Available in PMC: Yes

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"Declaration of conflicting interests: The authors declared no potential conflicts of interest with respect to the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article."

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"Funding: The authors disclosed receipt of the following financial support for the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article: MSL was supported by grants from Korea Institute of Oriental Medicine (K17292 and K18122). T-HK was supported by a grant from Kyung Hee University in 2015."

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