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Research Article

QIGONG REDUCED BLOOD PRESSURE AND CATECHOLAMINE LEVELS OF PATIENTS WITH ESSENTIAL HYPERTENSION

MYUNG-SUK LEE Department of Nursing, Mokpo Catholic University, Mokpo, Republic of KoreaCorrespondenceE-mail: sunrmoon@ wonkwang.ac.kr; [email protected]
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MYEONG SOO LEE Professional Graduate School of Oriental Medicine, Wonkwang University, Iksan, Republic of Korea; and Center for Integrative Medicine, Institute of Medical Science, Wonkwang University, Iksan, Republic of Korea
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HYE-JUNG KIM Department of Family Medicine, Wonkwang University, School of Medicine, Iksan, Republic of Korea
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SUN-ROCK MOON Center for Integrative Medicine, Institute of Medical Science, Wonkwang University, Iksan, Republic of Korea; and Department of Radiation Oncology, Wonkwang University, School of Medicine, Iksan, Republic of Korea
Pages 1691-1701 | Published online: 07 Jul 2009

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