Adverse effects of unconventional therapies in the elderly: A systematic review of the recent literature

Journal of the American Aging Association

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 11-20

  Ernst, E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHELIDONIUM EXTRACT; GINKGO BILOBA EXTRACT; HERBACEOUS AGENT; HYPERICUM PERFORATUM EXTRACT; LARREA TRIDENTATA EXTRACT; LUPINUS EXTRACT; LYCOPODIUM SERRATUM EXTRACT; OPHIOPOGON JAPONICUS EXTRACT; TEALINE; TEUCRIUM CHAMAEDRYS EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VENENCAPSAN; VISCUM ALBUM EXTRACT; XIAO CHAI HU TANG;

ADULT; AGED; ANGINA PECTORIS; ANOREXIA; ARTHRALGIA; ARTHROPATHY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL ARTHRITIS; BLEEDING; BRAIN DISEASE; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; DISEASE SEVERITY; EDEMA; ELDERLY CARE; ENDOCARDITIS; EPIDURAL ABSCESS; FAINTNESS; FALSE ANEURYSM; FEMALE; FRACTURE; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART DISEASE; HEART TAMPONADE; HEMATOMA; HEPATITIS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTOXICATION; LEAD POISONING; LIVER TOXICITY; MALAISE; MALE; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDICINAL PLANT; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; PARESTHESIA; PNEUMONIA; PNEUMOTHORAX; PSOAS ABSCESS; RISK FACTOR; SENSORY DYSFUNCTION; SIDE EFFECT; SPINAL CORD DISEASE; SPONDYLITIS; STEROID THERAPY; SYNCOPE;

EID: 0036460945     PISSN: 01619152     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11357-002-0002-3     Document Type: Article

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