Journal of Acupuncture and Meridian Studies
Volume 4, Issue 4 , Pages 220-224 , December 2011

The Effect of Needle-embedding Therapy and Pharmacopuncture Therapy on Patients with Urinary Incontinence

  • Young-Ju Kim

      Affiliations

    • Plating Flowers Oriental Medical Clinic, Insung building 4th Floor, 20-5, Jamwon-dong, Seocho-gu, Seoul, Korea
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  • Min-Chul Kim

      Affiliations

    • Department of Acupuncture & Moxibustion, Woosuk University’s Oriental Medical College, 490 Hujeong-ri, Samnye-eup, Wanju-gun, Jeonbuk, Korea
  • ,
  • Chang-Hyun Lee

      Affiliations

    • Woosuk University’s Oriental Medical College, Hujeong-ri, Samnye-eup, Wanju-gun, Jeonbuk, Korea
  • ,
  • Jong-Uk Kim

      Affiliations

    • Department of Acupuncture & Moxibustion, Woosuk University’s Oriental Medical College, 490 Hujeong-ri, Samnye-eup, Wanju-gun, Jeonbuk, Korea
  • ,
  • Tae-Han Yook

      Affiliations

    • Department of Acupuncture & Moxibustion, Woosuk University’s Oriental Medical College, 490 Hujeong-ri, Samnye-eup, Wanju-gun, Jeonbuk, Korea
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Woosuk University’s Oriental Medical College, 490 Hujeong-ri, Samnye-eup, Wanju-gun, Jeonbuk, Korea.

Received 18 March 2011 ,Revised 26 August 2011 ,Accepted 9 September 2011.

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PII: S2005-2901(11)00045-8

doi: 10.1016/j.jams.2011.10.012

Journal of Acupuncture and Meridian Studies
Volume 4, Issue 4 , Pages 220-224 , December 2011