Review Article

Acupuncture May Be a Potential Complementary Therapy for Alzheimer’s Disease: A Network Meta-Analysis

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PubMed search strategy.

#1Alzheimer disease[MeSH]

#2Alzheimer[Tiab] OR Alzheimer’s[Tiab] OR Alzheimer disease[Tiab] OR AD[Tiab] OR ATD[Tiab] OR Senile dementia[Tiab] OR Alzheimer type dementia[Tiab] OR Alzheimer-type dementia[Tiab] OR Degenerative Alzheimer’s disease[Tiab] OR Alzheimer syndrome[Tiab] OR Presenile dementia[Tiab] OR Alzheimer sclerosis[Tiab]

#3#1 OR #2

#4Acupuncture[MeSH] OR Acupuncture therapy[MeSH]

#5Acupunctural[Tiab] OR Acupuncture[Tiab] OR Acupuncture therapy[Tiab] OR Acupuncture Treatment[Tiab] OR Scalp Acupuncture[Tiab] OR Needle[Tiab] OR warm Needle[Tiab] OR Temperature needle[Tiab] OR Auricular point sticking[Tiab] OR Auricular Acupuncture[Tiab] OR Fire-needle Acupuncture[Tiab] OR Needle warming Therapy[Tiab]

#6#4 OR #5

#7#3 AND #6