Pretreatment with thyroxine (10-8 parts by weight) enhances a 'curative' effect of homeopathically prepared thyroxine (10-13) on lowland frogs

Forschende Komplementarmedizin und Klassische Naturheilkunde

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 137-142

  Endler, P C ^e   Ludtke R ^a   Heckmann, C ^f   Zausner, C ^b   Lassnig, H ^c   Scherer Pongratz, W ^d   Haidvogl, M ^d   Frass, M ^d  

^a K und V Carstens Stiftung   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^c Ba Veterinarmedizinische U   (Austria)

^d LUDWIG BOLTZMANN INSTITUTE FOR LUNG VASCULAR RESEARCH   (Austria)

^e NONE   (Austria)

^f NONE

Author keywords

Amphibia; Curative effect; Homeopathic dilution; Hormesis; Hormone hyperstimulation; Inverse effect; Metamorphosis; Thyroxine

Indexed keywords

THYROXINE;

ARTICLE; DRUG DETOXIFICATION; FROG; HOMEOPATHY; HORMESIS; HORMONAL REGULATION; HYPOTHESIS; METAMORPHOSIS; NONHUMAN; SPECIES COMPARISON; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; THYROXINE BLOOD LEVEL;

ANIMALS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; HOMEOPATHY; METAMORPHOSIS, BIOLOGICAL; RANA TEMPORARIA; RANDOM ALLOCATION; THYROXINE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0037478655     PISSN: 14247364     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000072211     Document Type: Article

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