Homoeopathy versus placebo in perennial allergic rhinitis

BMJ

Volumn 322, Issue 7279, 2001, Pages 169-

  Miller, Barry ^a   Lipworth, Brian J ^b   Dean, Michael Emmans ^c   Windeler, Jürgen ^d   Brown, h Morrow ^e   Taylor, Morag A ^f   Reilly, David ^f   Llewellyn Jones, Robert H ^g   Mcsharry, Charles ^h   Aitchison, Tom C ⁱ  

^a ROYAL OLDHAM HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b NINEWELLS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

^d Medical Advisory Service of Social Health Insurance   (Germany)

^e Glasgow Royal Infirmary ^*  (United Kingdom)

^f GLASGOW ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

^g UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^h WESTERN INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIHISTAMINIC AGENT; CORTICOSTEROID; PLACEBO;

CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFICACY; EVALUATION; HOMEOPATHY; HUMAN; LETTER; PEAK EXPIRATORY FLOW; PERENNIAL RHINITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SCORING SYSTEM; SYMPTOM; TREATMENT OUTCOME; NOTE; STATISTICS;

HOMEOPATHY; HUMANS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS; RHINITIS, ALLERGIC, PERENNIAL; STATISTICS;

EID: 0035915694     PISSN: 09598138     EISSN: 14685833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.322.7279.169     Document Type: Letter

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