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Validity of a Diagnostic Scale for Acupuncture: Application of the Item Response Theory to the Five Viscera Score

In acupuncture therapy, diagnosis, acupoints, and stimulation for patients with the same illness are often inconsistent among between Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) practitioners. This is in part due to the paucity of evidence-based diagnostic methods in TCM. To solve this problem, establishment...

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Autores principales: Tomura, Taro, Yoshimasu, Kouichi, Fukumoto, Jin, Takemura, Shigeki, Sakaguchi, Shunji, Miyai, Nobuyuki, Miyashita, Kazuhisa
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2013
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3638591/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23690864
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2013/928089