Traditional Chinese medicine in dermatology

Clinics in Dermatology

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 21-27

  Koo, John ^a   Arain, Sumaira ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PLACEBO; PLANT EXTRACT;

ADULT RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME; ATOPIC DERMATITIS; CHINESE HERB; CHINESE MEDICINE; ECZEMA; HEART DILATATION; HUMAN; LIVER TOXICITY; MEDICINAL PLANT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSORIASIS; REVIEW; SEBORRHEIC DERMATITIS; SKIN DISEASE; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE;

DRUGS, CHINESE HERBAL; HUMANS; MEDICINE, CHINESE TRADITIONAL; SKIN DISEASES;

EID: 0032752405     PISSN: 0738081X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0738-081X(98)00067-4     Document Type: Review

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