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[Effects of acupuncture, tuina combined with phacoemulsification for cataract with glaucoma]

Ai-Min Wu1, Xue-Wei Zhou1, Ling-Long Mi1

  • 1Department of Ophthalmology, Fenghua District People's Hospital, Ningbo 315500, Zhejiang Province, China.

Zhongguo Zhen Jiu = Chinese Acupuncture & Moxibustion
|April 4, 2019
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acupuncturecataract with glaucomaintraocular pressure (IOP)phacoemulsificationtuinavisual acuity

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