Complementary medicine in gastroenterology: More than a fad? [3]

Journal of Clinical Gastroenterology

Volumn 36, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 453-454

  Ernst, Edzard ^a  

^a PENINSULA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHITOSAN; CHROMIUM PICOLINATE;

ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONSTIPATION; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM DISEASE; DRUG EFFICACY; HUMAN; HYPNOSIS; INTESTINE CARCINOMA; IRRITABLE COLON; LETTER; MANIPULATIVE MEDICINE; MASSAGE; META ANALYSIS; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

COMPLEMENTARY THERAPIES; GASTROENTEROLOGY; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASES; HUMANS;

EID: 0037405035     PISSN: 01920790     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00004836-200305000-00022     Document Type: Letter

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