The effects of long-term herbal treatment for pediatric AIDS

American Journal of Chinese Medicine

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 51-64

  Tani, Michio ^a   Nagase, Mahiko ^a   Nishiyama, Tadao ^a   Yamamoto, Tatsutaka ^b   Matusa, Rodica ^c  

^a Taisho Seimei Building   (Japan)

^b ST MARIANNA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^c Municipal Hospital Speranta Association   (Romania)

Author keywords

AIDS; Herbal Medicine; HIV RNA Measurement; Long Term Observation; Pediatric AIDS; Volunteer Treatment

Indexed keywords

CD4 ANTIGEN; HERBACEOUS AGENT; ANTI HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS AGENT; ANTIVIRUS AGENT; GASTROINTESTINAL AGENT; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; VIRUS RNA;

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG MECHANISM; HERBAL MEDICINE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; LONG TERM CARE; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; LYMPHOCYTE DIFFERENTIATION; MORTALITY; QUALITY OF LIFE; RNA ANALYSIS; VIRUS LOAD; BLOOD; CD4 LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; CHEMISTRY; CLINICAL TRIAL; FEMALE; IMMUNOLOGY; MALE; MEDICINAL PLANT; METABOLISM; MULTIMODALITY CANCER THERAPY; PHYTOTHERAPY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; ROMANIA; VEGETABLE;

ACQUIRED IMMUNODEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ANTI-HIV AGENTS; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS, NON-STEROIDAL; ANTIVIRAL AGENTS; CD4 LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL AGENTS; HIV; HUMANS; MALE; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANTS, MEDICINAL; RNA, VIRAL; ROMANIA; VEGETABLES;

EID: 0036044876     PISSN: 0192415X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1142/S0192415X02000065     Document Type: Article

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