Alternative therapies for traditional disease states: Osteoarthritis

American Family Physician

Volumn 67, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 339-344

  Morelli, Vincent ^a,b,d   Naquin, Christopher ^a   Weaver, Victor ^c  

^a Louisiana Stt Univ Hlth Sci Ctr   (United States)

^b LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; BORON; CAPSAICIN; CETYL MYRISTOLEATE; CHONDROITIN SULFATE; DIMETHYL SULFOXIDE; GINGER EXTRACT; GLUCOSAMINE; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; S ADENOSYLMETHIONINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACUPUNCTURE; ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ARTHRALGIA; ARTICLE; ARTICULAR CARTILAGE; AVOCADO; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIARRHEA; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DISEASE COURSE; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG FORMULATION; ELECTROSTIMULATION THERAPY; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; HERB; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; OSTEOARTHRITIS; PHYSIOTHERAPY; PRURITUS; RANDOMIZATION; RASH; REGENERATION; RHEUMATIC DISEASE; SIDE EFFECT; SOYBEAN; SYMPTOM;

CHONDROITIN SULFATES; COMPLEMENTARY THERAPIES; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; GLUCOSAMINE; HUMANS; OSTEOARTHRITIS; S-ADENOSYLMETHIONINE;

EID: 0037437903     PISSN: 0002838X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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