Monitoring of liver enzymes in patients treated with traditional Chinese drugs

Complementary Therapies in Medicine

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 208-216

  Melchart, D ^a   Linde, K ^a   Hager, S ^b   Kaesmayr, J ^a   Shaw, D ^c   Bauer, R ^d   Weidenhammer, W ^e  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b Hospital for Traditional Chinese Medicine   (Germany)

^c GUY'S AND ST THOMAS' NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^d HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^e Technische Universität ^*

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; CHINESE DRUG; LIVER ENZYME;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHINESE MEDICINE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GERMANY; HOSPITAL; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; LIVER TOXICITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT MONITORING;

EID: 0033379679     PISSN: 09652299     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0965-2299(99)80003-X     Document Type: Article

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