A double-blind, controlled clinical trial of homeopathy and an analysis of lunar phases and postoperative outcome

Archives of Dermatology

Volumn 134, Issue 11, 1998, Pages 1368-1370

  Smolle, Josef ^a   Prause, Gerhard ^a   Kerl, Helmut ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; HOMEOPATHY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; OUTPATIENT; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VERRUCA VULGARIS;

EID: 0031724184     PISSN: 0003987X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archderm.134.11.1368     Document Type: Review

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