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SUBMITTER: Zhao C
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4539447 | biostudies-literature | 2015
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Zhao Chen C Bao Chunhui C Li Jing J Zhu Yifang Y Wang Siyao S Yang Ling L Shi Yin Y Liu Huirong H Dou Chuanzi C Ding Guanghong G Wang Xiaomei X Wu Huangan H
Evidence-based complementary and alternative medicine : eCAM 20150804
Previous studies have demonstrated that acupuncture is beneficial to patients with Crohn's disease (CD), but the mechanism underlying its therapeutic effects remains unclear. To identify the mechanism by which acupuncture treats CD, the balance between Th17 and Treg cells was assessed in CD patients. In this study, Ninety-two CD patients were randomly and equally assigned to a treatment group that were treated with herb-partitioned moxibustion and acupuncture or a control group with wheat bran-p ...[more]