Complementary medicine

Current Opinion in Rheumatology

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 151-155

  Ernst, E ^a  

^a PENINSULA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT; GINGER EXTRACT; GLUCOSAMINE SULFATE; IBUPROFEN; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; PARACETAMOL; PIASCLEDINE; PROSTAGLANDIN E2; SALIX EXTRACT; SELENIUM; TRIPTERYGIUM WILFORDII EXTRACT; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA; UNCARIA TOMENTOSA EXTRACT;

ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ANTIINFLAMMATORY ACTIVITY; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; BARK; CLINICAL TRIAL; DIARRHEA; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DRUG ACTIVITY; DRUG MEGADOSE; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; FIBROMYALGIA; GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOM; HERBAL MEDICINE; HOMEOPATHY; HUMAN; LOW DRUG DOSE; MASSAGE; OSTEOARTHRITIS; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; REHABILITATION MEDICINE; REVIEW; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; RHEUMATOLOGY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNCARIA TOMENTOSA; WILLOW;

ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; COMPLEMENTARY THERAPIES; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; FEMALE; FIBROMYALGIA; HOMEOPATHY; HUMANS; MALE; MASSAGE; OSTEOARTHRITIS; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PHYTOTHERAPY; PROGNOSIS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0037372784     PISSN: 10408711     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00002281-200303000-00012     Document Type: Review

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