Pediatric Neurology
Volume 25, Issue 1 , Pages 47-54 , July 2001

Traditional chinese medicine (tongue acupuncture) in children with drooling problems

This article was presented in the National Child Neurology meeting in Wan Zhou, People’s Republic of China (May 1999) and at the 3rd Meeting of European Child Neurology Society (Nice, France, November 1999).

  • Virginia Wong, MBBS, DCh

      Affiliations

    • Division of Neurodevelopmental Paediatrics; Queen Mary Hospital; Hong Kong, China
    • Corresponding Author InformationCommunications should be addressed to: Professor Wong; Division of Neurodevelopmental Paediatrics; Queen Mary Hospital; Hong Kong
    • ,
  • J.G Sun, BTCM

      Affiliations

    • The Jockey Club MRI Engineering Centre; Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering; Hong Kong, China
    • ,
  • Wilfred Wong, BSc

      Affiliations

    • Division of Neurodevelopmental Paediatrics; Queen Mary Hospital; Hong Kong, China

Received 17 January 2001 ,Accepted 3 April 2001.

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Pediatric Neurology
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