Homeopathy in acute otitis media in children: Treatment effect or spontaneous resolution?

Homeopathy

Volumn 90, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 180-182

  Frei, H ^a,b   Thurneysen, A ^c  

^a FA Homöopathie SVHA   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^c FA Homöopathie SVHA   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Acute otitis media; Children; Complications; Homeopathy; Spontaneous resolution; Treatment effect

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; MATERIA MEDICA;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; NEWBORN; OTITIS MEDIA; PRESCHOOL CHILD; REMISSION; TIME; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MATERIA MEDICA; OTITIS MEDIA; REMISSION, SPONTANEOUS; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0035490551     PISSN: 14754916     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1054/homp.1999.0505     Document Type: Article

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