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ArticleEvidence-based complementary and alternative medicine : eCAM2021

Acupoint Massage Therapy Alters the Composition of Gut Microbiome in Functional Constipation Patients.

Hui Chen, Pei-Shan Tan, Chun-Ping Li, Bi-Zhen Chen, Yu-Qin Xu, Yan-Qin He, Xiao Ke

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Article in Evidence-based complementary and alternative medicine : eCAM, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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5 citing papers in PubMed, 7 citations in OpenAlex.

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7 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Hui ChenDepartment of the Key Specialty of Spleen and Stomach, The Second People's Hospital Affiliated to Fujian University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Fuzhou, China.
Pei-Shan TanDepartment of the Internal Medicine, Fuzhou Economic and Technological Development Zone Hospital, Fuzhou, China.
Chun-Ping LiDepartment of the Key Specialty of Spleen and Stomach, The Second People's Hospital Affiliated to Fujian University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Fuzhou, China.
Bi-Zhen ChenDepartment of the Infection-Control, The Second People's Hospital Affiliated to Fujian University of Traditional Chinese Medicine Hospital, Fuzhou, China.
Yu-Qin XuDepartment of the Personnel Office, The Second People's Hospital Affiliated to Fujian University of Traditional Chinese Medicine Hospital, Fuzhou, China.
Yan-Qin HeDepartment of the Infection-Control, The Second People's Hospital Affiliated to Fujian University of Traditional Chinese Medicine Hospital, Fuzhou, China.
Xiao KeDepartment of the Key Specialty of Spleen and Stomach, The Second People's Hospital Affiliated to Fujian University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Fuzhou, China.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9985-035X
Fujian University of Traditional Chinese Medicine · CNGuangzhou Development Zone Hospital · CN

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

resultsResults showed the overall structure of gut microbiome has no significant difference between experimental and control groups. In the genus level, the abundance of

conclusionAMT could change the composition of gut microbiome which is associated with cytokines in CFC patients.

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