The Relationship of Acupuncture Use to the Endometriosis Risk in Females With Rheumatoid Arthritis: Real-World Evidence From Population-Based Health Claims

Frontiers in Medicine

Wei-Jen Chen¹  Tzung-Yi Tsai²  How-Ran Guo³  Chien-Hui Hsu⁴  Ying-To Hu⁵  Ning-Sheng Lai⁶  Hanoch Livneh⁷ 

[1] Department of Chinese Medicine, Dalin Tzu Chi Hospital, The Buddhist Tzu Chi Medical Foundation, Chiayi, Taiwan;School of Post-Baccalaureate Chinese Medicine, Tzu Chi University, Hualien, Taiwan;Graduate Institute of Sports Science, National Taiwan Sport University, Taoyuan City, Taiwan;Department of Environmental and Occupational Health, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan;Department of Nursing, Tzu Chi University of Science and Technology, Hualien, Taiwan;Department of Medical Research, Dalin Tzu Chi Hospital, The Buddhist Tzu Chi Medical Foundation, Chiayi, Taiwan;Department of Environmental and Occupational Health, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan;Department of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, National Cheng Kung University Hospital, Tainan, Taiwan;Occupational Safety, Health, and Medicine Research Center, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan;Department of Rehabilitation, Dalin Tzu Chi Hospital, The Buddhist Tzu Chi Medical Foundation, Chiayi, Taiwan;Division of Allergy, Immunology and Rheumatology, Dalin Tzu Chi Hospital, The Buddhist Tzu Chi Medical Foundation, Chiayi, Taiwan;Division of Allergy, Immunology and Rheumatology, Dalin Tzu Chi Hospital, The Buddhist Tzu Chi Medical Foundation, Chiayi, Taiwan;School of Medicine, Tzu Chi University, Hualien, Taiwan;Rehabilitation Counseling Program, Portland State University, Portland, OR, United States;

关键词: acupuncture;    endometriosis;    female;    rheumatoid arthritis;    risk;   

DOI  :  10.3389/fmed.2020.601606

来源: Frontiers

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