Randomized double blind trial of an extract from the pentacyclic alkaloid-chemotype of uncaria tomentosa for the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis

Journal of Rheumatology

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 678-681

  Mur, Erich ^a   Hartig, Frank ^a   Eibl, Günther ^a   Schirmer, Michael ^a  

^a INNSBRUCK MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Austria)

Author keywords

Clinical trial; Complementary medicine; Rheumatoid arthritis; Uncaria tomentosa

Indexed keywords

ALKALOID; HYDROXYCHLOROQUINE; SALAZOSULFAPYRIDINE; UNCARIA TOMENTOSA EXTRACT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONJUNCTIVITIS; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DERMATITIS; DIARRHEA; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; DYSPEPSIA; FATIGUE; FEMALE; GASTRITIS; HEADACHE; HUMAN; INFLUENZA; MALE; PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRURITUS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; TREATMENT PLANNING; UNCARIA TOMENTOSA; URINARY TRACT INFECTION;

ADJUVANTS, IMMUNOLOGIC; ALKALOIDS; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; CAT'S CLAW; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; HUMANS; JOINTS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANTS, MEDICINAL; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0036227152     PISSN: 0315162X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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