The herbal medicine boom: Understanding what patients are taking

Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine

Volumn 65, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 129-134

  Vann, Ana ^a  

^a LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; ECHINACEA EXTRACT; FUROSEMIDE; GINKGO BILOBA EXTRACT; HERBACEOUS AGENT; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; PLANT EXTRACT; TRIACYLGLYCEROL; VALERIAN; YOHIMBINE;

ARTICLE; DRUG ACTIVITY; DRUG CONTROL; DRUG HYPERSENSITIVITY; DRUG INDICATION; GARLIC; GASTROINTESTINAL TOXICITY; GINSENG; HEADACHE; HEART PALPITATION; HERBAL MEDICINE; HUMAN; HYPERICUM PERFORATUM; HYPERTENSION; HYPOTENSION; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; INSOMNIA; LIVER INJURY; MASTALGIA; NONHUMAN; PHOTOTOXICITY; PSYCHOSIS; SABAL; SEROTONIN SYNDROME; SUBDURAL HEMATOMA; TACHYCARDIA; VAGINA BLEEDING; VERTIGO;

EID: 0031937166     PISSN: 08911150     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3949/ccjm.65.3.129     Document Type: Article

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