Reduced health-related quality of life in body constitutions of yin-xu, and yang-xu, stasis in patients with type 2 diabetes: taichung diabetic body constitution study.

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Published in Evid Based Complement Alternat Med on June 29, 2014

Authors

Chia-I Tsai1, Yi-Chang Su2, Shih-Yi Lin3, I-Te Lee4, Cheng-Hung Lee2, Tsai-Chung Li5

Author Affiliations

1: Graduate Institute of Chinese Medicine, College of Chinese Medicine, China Medical University, Taichung 40402, Taiwan ; Department of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Taichung Veterans General Hospital, Taichung 40402, Taiwan ; School of Chinese Medicine, College of Chinese Medicine, China Medical University, 91 Hsueh-Shih Road, Taichung 40402, Taiwan.
2: Graduate Institute of Chinese Medicine, College of Chinese Medicine, China Medical University, Taichung 40402, Taiwan ; School of Chinese Medicine, College of Chinese Medicine, China Medical University, 91 Hsueh-Shih Road, Taichung 40402, Taiwan.
3: Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Department of Internal Medicine, Taichung Veterans General Hospital, Taichung 40705, Taiwan.
4: Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Department of Internal Medicine, Taichung Veterans General Hospital, Taichung 40705, Taiwan ; Institute of Medicine, Chung Shan Medical University, Taichung 40201, Taiwan ; School of Medicine, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei 11221, Taiwan.
5: Graduate Institute of Biostatistics, College of Management, China Medical University, 91 Hsueh-Shih Road, Taichung 40402, Taiwan ; Research Center for Chinese Medicine & Acupuncture, China Medical University, 91 Hsueh-Shih Road, Taichung 40402, Taiwan ; Department of Healthcare Administration, College of Health Science, Asia University, Taichung 41354, Taiwan.

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