Folk remedies still in use: A case of soft palate and uvular oedema due to ecbalium elaterium

International Journal of Clinical Practice

Volumn 56, Issue 10, 2002, Pages 817-

  Koussidis, G A ^a   Mountantonakis, S ^a   Petrichou, C C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THESSALY   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN; ALLERGEN; CUCURBITACIN GLYCOSIDE; ECBALLIUM ELATERIUM EXTRACT; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; OXYGEN;

ABNORMAL RESPIRATORY SOUND; ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD EXAMINATION; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; CASE REPORT; CONSTIPATION; CUCUMBER; DISEASE SEVERITY; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG HYPERSENSITIVITY; DYSPNEA; EDEMA; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; FRUIT JUICE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INFLAMMATORY DISEASE; OXYGEN THERAPY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINUSITIS; SOFT PALATE; STRIDOR; TACHYCARDIA; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE; WHEEZING;

EDEMA; FEMALE; HUMANS; MEDICINE, TRADITIONAL; MIDDLE AGED; PALATE, SOFT; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANT PREPARATIONS; SINUSITIS;

EID: 0036957782     PISSN: 13685031     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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