"Natural" therapy for infectious diseases

Medical Journal of Australia

Volumn 164, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 94-95

  Golledqe, Clayton L ^a,b,d   Riley, Thomas V ^a,c  

^a Western Australian Centre for Pathology and Medical Research   (Australia)

^b Dept Clin Microbiol Infect Dis ^*

^c UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^d PATHWEST LABORATORY MEDICINE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CLINICAL TRIAL; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFECTION; LACTOBACILLUS; MEDICINAL PLANT; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERICIDAL ACTIVITY; BACTERIUM; CHINESE MEDICINE; GARLIC; HERBAL MEDICINE; SACCHAROMYCES BOULARDII; SHORT SURVEY;

AGED; AUSTRALIA; CLINICAL TRIALS; COMPLEMENTARY THERAPIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFECTION; LACTOBACILLUS; PLANTS, MEDICINAL;

EID: 0030071151     PISSN: 0025729X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5694/j.1326-5377.1996.tb101359.x     Document Type: Review

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