Published in Ann Intern Med on July 04, 2006
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Outcomes of acupuncture for chronic pain in urban primary care. J Am Board Fam Med (2013) 0.84
What Is the de-qi-Related Pattern of BOLD Responses? A Review of Acupuncture Studies in fMRI. Evid Based Complement Alternat Med (2013) 0.81
Does acupuncture needling induce analgesic effects comparable to diffuse noxious inhibitory controls? Evid Based Complement Alternat Med (2011) 0.81
Acupucture in the treatment of scoliosis - a single blind controlled pilot study. Scoliosis (2008) 0.81
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Immediate effects of acupuncture on strength performance: a randomized, controlled crossover trial. Eur J Appl Physiol (2010) 0.77
DoD-NCCAM/NIH workshop on acupuncture for treatment of acute pain. J Altern Complement Med (2012) 0.77
Electroacupuncture inhibits chronification of the acute pain of knee osteoarthritis: study protocol for a randomized controlled trial. Trials (2015) 0.77
Is Skin-Touch Sham Needle Not Placebo? A Double-Blind Crossover Study on Pain Alleviation. Evid Based Complement Alternat Med (2015) 0.77
Acupuncture Deqi Intensity and Propagated Sensation along Channels May, Respectively, Differ due to Different Body Positions of Subjects. Evid Based Complement Alternat Med (2013) 0.77
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Randomised controlled trial of extraarticular gold bead implantation for treatment of knee osteoarthritis: a pilot study. Clin Rheumatol (2008) 0.76
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The role of acupuncture in the treatment of migraine. CMAJ (2012) 0.75
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Comparison of the efficacy between conventional moxibustion and smoke-free moxibustion on knee osteoarthritis: study protocol of a randomized controlled trial. Trials (2017) 0.75
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Comparative validity of three screening questionnaires for DSM-IV depressive disorders and physicians' diagnoses. J Affect Disord (2004) 4.64
OMEGA, a randomized, placebo-controlled trial to test the effect of highly purified omega-3 fatty acids on top of modern guideline-adjusted therapy after myocardial infarction. Circulation (2010) 4.60
Successful photodynamic therapy for nonresectable cholangiocarcinoma: a randomized prospective study. Gastroenterology (2003) 3.93
Longevity of materials for pit and fissure sealing--results from a meta-analysis. Dent Mater (2011) 3.56
High prevalence of peripheral arterial disease and co-morbidity in 6880 primary care patients: cross-sectional study. Atherosclerosis (2004) 3.55
Efficacy of acupuncture for the prophylaxis of migraine: a multicentre randomised controlled clinical trial. Lancet Neurol (2006) 3.25
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Identification of a common gene expression signature in dilated cardiomyopathy across independent microarray studies. J Am Coll Cardiol (2006) 2.73
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Multiple levels of regulation of the interleukin-6 system in stroke. Stroke (2003) 2.61
Decompressive Surgery for the Treatment of Malignant Infarction of the Middle Cerebral Artery (DESTINY): a randomized, controlled trial. Stroke (2007) 2.56
An 86-probe-set gene-expression signature predicts survival in cytogenetically normal acute myeloid leukemia. Blood (2008) 2.46
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Course of platelet activation markers after ischemic stroke. Stroke (2002) 2.05
Factors affecting and affected by user acceptance of computer-based nursing documentation: results of a two-year study. J Am Med Inform Assoc (2003) 2.05
A survey of acute pain services in Germany and a discussion of international survey data. Reg Anesth Pain Med (2002) 2.02
Open-label, multicenter, randomized phase III trial of adjuvant chemoradiation plus interferon Alfa-2b versus fluorouracil and folinic acid for patients with resected pancreatic adenocarcinoma. J Clin Oncol (2012) 1.90
Sensory signs in complex regional pain syndrome and peripheral nerve injury. Pain (2011) 1.70
Multiple testing on the directed acyclic graph of gene ontology. Bioinformatics (2008) 1.69
Severity and specificity of neglect-like symptoms in patients with complex regional pain syndrome (CRPS) compared to chronic limb pain of other origins. Pain (2006) 1.69
A prospective randomized study to assess the efficacy of a surgical sealant to treat air leaks in lung surgery. Eur J Cardiothorac Surg (2009) 1.68
Strong gametocytocidal effect of methylene blue-based combination therapy against falciparum malaria: a randomised controlled trial. PLoS One (2009) 1.68
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Value of quantitative sensory testing in neurological and pain disorders: NeuPSIG consensus. Pain (2013) 1.60
Diagnosing ICD-10 depressive episodes: superior criterion validity of the Patient Health Questionnaire. Psychother Psychosom (2004) 1.59
Detecting panic disorder in medical and psychosomatic outpatients: comparative validation of the Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale, the Patient Health Questionnaire, a screening question, and physicians' diagnosis. J Psychosom Res (2003) 1.58
Impaired spatial body representation in complex regional pain syndrome type 1 (CRPS I). Pain (2012) 1.58
The German multicenter, randomized, partially blinded, prospective trial of acupuncture for chronic low-back pain: a preliminary report on the rationale and design of the trial. J Altern Complement Med (2003) 1.56
Peripheral arterial disease as an independent predictor for excess stroke morbidity and mortality in primary-care patients: 5-year results of the getABI study. Cerebrovasc Dis (2010) 1.55
Local cytokine changes in complex regional pain syndrome type I (CRPS I) resolve after 6 months. Pain (2013) 1.52
Lidocaine patch (5%) produces a selective, but incomplete block of Aδ and C fibers. Pain (2011) 1.50
A compendium to ensure computational reproducibility in high-dimensional classification tasks. Stat Appl Genet Mol Biol (2004) 1.48
Long-term prophylactic treatment of attacks of vertigo in Menière's disease--comparison of a high with a low dosage of betahistine in an open trial. Acta Otolaryngol (2008) 1.48
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Different underlying pain mechanisms despite identical pain characteristics: a case report of a patient with spinal cord injury. Pain (2012) 1.43
NeuroQuick--a novel bedside test for small fiber neuropathy? Eur J Pain (2008) 1.41
Quantification of melanoma micrometastases in sentinel lymph nodes using real-time RT-PCR. J Invest Dermatol (2005) 1.39
[Non-pharmacological, non-technical treatments for musculoskeletal disease: methodological challenges of clinical trials using the example of knee osteoarthritis and falls in the elderly]. Z Evid Fortbild Qual Gesundhwes (2013) 1.39
Methylene blue for malaria in Africa: results from a dose-finding study in combination with chloroquine. Malar J (2006) 1.37
Reference data for quantitative sensory testing (QST): refined stratification for age and a novel method for statistical comparison of group data. Pain (2010) 1.36
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CD40 ligand mediates inflammation independently of CD40 by interaction with Mac-1. Circulation (2007) 1.35
CFH, C3 and ARMS2 are significant risk loci for susceptibility but not for disease progression of geographic atrophy due to AMD. PLoS One (2009) 1.34
Screening of neuropathic pain components in patients with chronic back pain associated with nerve root compression: a prospective observational pilot study (MIPORT). Curr Med Res Opin (2006) 1.34
The effect of time-to-surgery on outcome in elderly patients with proximal femoral fractures. BMC Musculoskelet Disord (2008) 1.34
Acupuncture-point stimulation for chemotherapy-induced nausea and vomiting. J Clin Oncol (2005) 1.32
Dry and noncontact EEG sensors for mobile brain-computer interfaces. IEEE Trans Neural Syst Rehabil Eng (2011) 1.29
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Safety of the combination of chloroquine and methylene blue in healthy adult men with G6PD deficiency from rural Burkina Faso. Trop Med Int Health (2005) 1.23
Acupuncture for tension-type headache: a multicentre, sham-controlled, patient-and observer-blinded, randomised trial. J Headache Pain (2007) 1.22
Safety and efficacy of methylene blue combined with artesunate or amodiaquine for uncomplicated falciparum malaria: a randomized controlled trial from Burkina Faso. PLoS One (2008) 1.22
Detection of miR-34a promoter methylation in combination with elevated expression of c-Met and β-catenin predicts distant metastasis of colon cancer. Clin Cancer Res (2012) 1.21
Sensorimotor retuning [corrected] in complex regional pain syndrome parallels pain reduction. Ann Neurol (2005) 1.21
Cochrane systematic reviews examine P6 acupuncture-point stimulation for nausea and vomiting. J Altern Complement Med (2006) 1.20
Can evaluation studies benefit from triangulation? A case study. Int J Med Inform (2003) 1.18
Concordance of disease progression in bilateral geographic atrophy due to AMD. Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci (2009) 1.17
Repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation of the motor cortex attenuates pain perception in complex regional pain syndrome type I. Neurosci Lett (2004) 1.17
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Step-wedge cluster-randomised community-based trials: an application to the study of the impact of community health insurance. Health Res Policy Syst (2008) 1.15
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Identification of a 24-gene prognostic signature that improves the European LeukemiaNet risk classification of acute myeloid leukemia: an international collaborative study. J Clin Oncol (2013) 1.15
The related outcome and complication rate in primary lumbar microscopic disc surgery depending on the surgeon's experience: comparative studies. Spine J (2004) 1.14
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Alternative regression models to assess increase in childhood BMI. BMC Med Res Methodol (2008) 1.13
A valence-dependent group-specific recall bias of retrospective self-reports: a study of borderline personality disorder in everyday life. J Nerv Ment Dis (2006) 1.13
Meeting the challenges of opioid-induced constipation in chronic pain management - a novel approach. Pharmacology (2008) 1.13
A subgroup of age-related macular degeneration is associated with mono-allelic sequence variants in the ABCA4 gene. Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci (2012) 1.10
Acupuncture treatment in gastrointestinal diseases: a systematic review. World J Gastroenterol (2007) 1.10
Effects of verum acupuncture compared to placebo acupuncture on quantitative EEG and heart rate variability in healthy volunteers. J Altern Complement Med (2008) 1.09
Marked differences in the prevalence of chloroquine resistance between urban and rural communities in Burkina Faso. Acta Trop (2007) 1.09
Determinants of Long-term protection after hepatitis B vaccination in infancy: a meta-analysis. Pediatr Infect Dis J (2013) 1.07
Transcriptome analysis reveals altered cholesterol metabolism during the neurodegeneration in mouse scrapie model. J Neurochem (2007) 1.07
Moderate expression of prostate-specific membrane antigen, a tissue differentiation antigen and folate hydrolase, facilitates prostate carcinogenesis. Cancer Res (2008) 1.07
Profound influence of different methods for determination of the ankle brachial index on the prevalence estimate of peripheral arterial disease. BMC Public Health (2007) 1.06
Tracking progression with spectral-domain optical coherence tomography in geographic atrophy caused by age-related macular degeneration. Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci (2010) 1.06
Risk of advanced colorectal neoplasia according to age and gender. PLoS One (2011) 1.05
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Transcriptional census of 36 microdissected colorectal cancers yields a gene signature to distinguish UICC II and III. Int J Cancer (2006) 1.04
Asp299Gly and Thr399Ile genotypes of the TLR4 gene are associated with a reduced prevalence of diabetic neuropathy in patients with type 2 diabetes. Diabetes Care (2004) 1.03
Prognostic significance of tumour necrosis factor-related apoptosis-inducing ligand (TRAIL) receptor expression in patients with breast cancer. J Mol Med (Berl) (2009) 1.03
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Transient receptor potential channel polymorphisms are associated with the somatosensory function in neuropathic pain patients. PLoS One (2011) 1.02
Prognostic relevance of CA 19-9, CEA, CRP, and LDH kinetics in patients treated with palliative second-line therapy for advanced pancreatic cancer. Tumour Biol (2010) 1.02