Analysis of Chinese herbal creams prescribed for dermatological conditions

Western Journal of Medicine

Volumn 170, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 257-259

  Keane, F M ^a   Munn, S E ^a   Du Vivier, A W P ^a   Higgins, E M ^a   Taylor, N F ^a  

^a KING S COLLEGE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

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