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Acupuncture versus sham acupuncture for chronic prostatitis/chronic pelvic pain

Lee SW 1 , Liong ML , Yuen KH , Leong WS , Chee C , Cheah PY Show all authors , Choong WP , Wu Y , Khan N , Choong WL , Yap HW , Krieger JN

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  • 1 School of Pharmaceutical Science, University of Science, Malaysia
Am J Med, 2008 Jan;121(1):79.e1-7.
PMID: 18187077 DOI: 10.1016/j.amjmed.2007.07.033

Abstract

Chronic prostatitis/chronic pelvic pain syndrome (CP/CPPS) afflicts 2%-10% of adult men. Available therapies offer little or no proven benefit. Because acupuncture represents an attractive "natural" therapy, we compared the efficacy of acupuncture to sham acupuncture for CP/CPPS.

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