Osteoarthritis: When are alternative therapies a good alternative?

Consultant

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 197-202

  Grober, James S ^a,b   Thethi, Arveen K ^c  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Division of Rheumatology   (United States)

^c MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALFALFA EXTRACT; ALOE VERA EXTRACT; ANGELICA SINENSIS EXTRACT; ARACHIDIC ACID; BARLEY EXTRACT; CHINESE DRUG; CHONDROITIN SULFATE; CRATAEGUS EXTRACT; DIMETHYL SULFONE; ECHINACEA EXTRACT; GARLIC EXTRACT; GINKGO BILOBA EXTRACT; GINSENG EXTRACT; GLUCOSAMINE; GLYCYRRHIZA EXTRACT; HERBACEOUS AGENT; HYPERICUM PERFORATUM EXTRACT; KAVA; KAVA EXTRACT; LAVENDER OIL; LINSEED OIL; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; OMEGA 3 FATTY ACID; OMEGA 6 FATTY ACID; PRASTERONE; SABAL EXTRACT; UNCARIA TOMENTOSA EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UNINDEXED DRUG; YOHIMBAN DERIVATIVE; YUCCA EXTRACT;

ABORTION; ACUPUNCTURE; ALFALFA; ALOE VERA; ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ANOREXIA; ARTICLE; BARK; BARLEY; CARTILAGE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COLON CANCER; CRATAEGUS; DERMATITIS; DIARRHEA; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DIET THERAPY; ECHINACEA; ENTEROPATHY; GARLIC; GINKGO BILOBA; GINSENG; GLYCYRRHIZA; HARPAGOPHYTUM; HEALTH CARE COST; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HUMAN; HYPERICUM PERFORATUM; HYPOKALEMIA; KIDNEY FIBROSIS; KNEE OSTEOARTHRITIS; LAVENDER; LIVER TOXICITY; LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS; MAGNET; META ANALYSIS; NUTRITION; OSTEOARTHRITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMELANOSIS COLI; SABAL; SHARK; TAI CHI; THROMBOSIS; TOXICITY; UNCARIA TOMENTOSA; YOGA; YUCCA;

EID: 0037325592     PISSN: 00107069     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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