Does the extract of the plant Echinacea purpurea influence the clinical course of recurrent genital herpes?

International Journal of STD and AIDS

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 154-158

  Vonau, B ^a   Chard, S ^a   Mandalia, S ^a   Wilkinson, D ^a   Barton, S E ^a  

^a CHELSEA AND WESTMINSTER HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Complementary medicine; Echinacea purpurea; Genital herpes

Indexed keywords

ECHINACEA PURPUREA EXTRACT; PLACEBO;

ADULT; AGED; ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; DIARRHEA; DISEASE COURSE; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; FEMALE; GENITAL HERPES; HEMATOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; IMMUNOMODULATION; MALE; NAUSEA; PLANT ROOT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RECURRENT DISEASE;

ADULT; AGED; CD4 LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; COMPLEMENTARY THERAPIES; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; ECHINACEA; FEMALE; HERPES GENITALIS; HUMANS; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUTROPHILS; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANTS, MEDICINAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RECURRENCE;

EID: 0035105872     PISSN: 09564624     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/0956462011916947     Document Type: Article

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