Complementary and alternative medicine in neurology: Hype, hope and hazards

Trends in Neurosciences

Volumn 25, Issue 12, 2002, Pages 644-645

  Ernst, Edzard ^a  

^a PENINSULA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT;

ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ANXIETY; AUTOGENIC TRAINING; CHRONIC FATIGUE SYNDROME; DEPRESSION; HAZARD; HEADACHE; HERBAL MEDICINE; HUMAN; INSOMNIA; MIGRAINE; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NEUROLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT SURVEY; TOXICITY;

EID: 0036890271     PISSN: 01662236     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0166-2236(02)02290-7     Document Type: Review

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