GRADE in Systematic Reviews of Acupuncture for Stroke Rehabilitation: Recommendations based on High-Quality Evidence.

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Published in Sci Rep on November 12, 2015

Authors

Zhang Xin1, Liu Xue-Ting2, Kang De-Ying2

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Integrated Traditional Chinese and Western Medicine, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610041, P.R. China.
2: Department of Evidence-Based Medicine and Clinical Epidemiology, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610041, P.R. China.

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