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Trial reportFrontiers in medicine2026

Acupuncture in patients with trigeminal neuralgia-an exploratory mixed methods trial.

Cedric von Angern, Nicolas Volz, Lars Neeb, Barbara Stöckigt, Petra Bäumler, Ina Koubeck, Stephanie Roll, Stefan N Willich, Benno Brinkhaus, Joanna Dietzel

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Trial report in Frontiers in medicine, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

10 authors.

Cedric von AngernInstitute of Social Medicine, Epidemiology and Health Economics, Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Corporate Member of Freie Universität Berlin and Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Berlin, Germany.
Nicolas VolzInstitute of Social Medicine, Epidemiology and Health Economics, Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Corporate Member of Freie Universität Berlin and Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Berlin, Germany.
Lars NeebDepartment for Neurology and Experimental Neurology, Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Corporate Member of Freie Universität Berlin and Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Berlin, Germany.
Barbara StöckigtInstitute of Social Medicine, Epidemiology and Health Economics, Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Corporate Member of Freie Universität Berlin and Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Berlin, Germany.
Petra BäumlerDepartment for Anaesthesiology, Multidisciplinary Pain Center, LMU University Hospital, LMU Medizin, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, München, Germany.
Ina KoubeckNeurozentrum Tempelhof, Berlin, Germany.
Stephanie RollInstitute of Social Medicine, Epidemiology and Health Economics, Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Corporate Member of Freie Universität Berlin and Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Berlin, Germany.
Stefan N WillichInstitute of Social Medicine, Epidemiology and Health Economics, Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Corporate Member of Freie Universität Berlin and Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Berlin, Germany.
Benno Brinkhaus *Institute of Social Medicine, Epidemiology and Health Economics, Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Corporate Member of Freie Universität Berlin and Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Berlin, Germany.
Joanna Dietzel *Institute of Social Medicine, Epidemiology and Health Economics, Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Corporate Member of Freie Universität Berlin and Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Berlin, Germany.

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

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acupunctureChinese medicinecomplementary medicinerandomized controlled trialtrigeminal neuralgia

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PMID42745782
PMCPMC13574656

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