Frequency of the common cold in healthy subjects during exposure to a lectin-rich and a lectin-poor mistletoe preparation in a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled study;Häufigkeit grippaler infekte bei gesunden unter gabe eines lektinreichen und eines lektinarmen mistelpräparats im rahmen einer randomisierten, doppelblinden, placebokontrollierten studie

Forschende Komplementarmedizin und Klassische Naturheilkunde

Volumn 8, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 354-358

  Huber, R ^a   Klein, R ^b   Ludtke R ^c   Werner, M ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^c Karl und Veronica Carstens Stiftung   (Germany)

^d Forschungsinstitut Hiscia   (Germany)

Author keywords

Common cold; Immunomodulation; Mistletoe lectin; Mistletoe preparations

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; ISCADOR PINI; ISCADOR QUERCUS SPEZIAL; LECTIN; VISCUM ALBUM EXTRACT;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMMON COLD; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE DURATION; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG FORMULATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GRANULOCYTE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMMUNOMODULATION; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; VISCUM ALBUM;

ADULT; COMMON COLD; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; HUMANS; LECTINS; MALE; MISTLETOE; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANT LECTINS;

EID: 0035697270     PISSN: 14247364     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000057252     Document Type: Article

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