Is traditional Chinese medicine useful in the treatment of SARS?

Phytotherapy Research

Volumn 17, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 840-841

  Jia, Wei ^a   Gao, Wenyuan ^b  

^a SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b TIANJIN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAPEJASMINE EXTRACT; CHOLIC ACID; CORTICOSTEROID; HERBA HOUTTUYNIAE EXTRACT; HERBACEOUS AGENT; HONEYSUCKLE EXTRACT; HYDROCORTISONE; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; PEARL SHELL EXTRACT; PLANT EXTRACT; QUING KAI LING EXTRACT; RADIX ISATIDIS EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

CHINA; CHINESE MEDICINE; CLINICAL TRIAL; DISEASE ACTIVITY; DISEASE COURSE; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; HUMAN; LETTER; MEDICAL RESEARCH; SEVERE ACUTE RESPIRATORY SYNDROME; SIDE EFFECT; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VIRUS PNEUMONIA; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

CLINICAL TRIALS; DRUGS, CHINESE HERBAL; HUMANS; MEDICINE, CHINESE TRADITIONAL; SEVERE ACUTE RESPIRATORY SYNDROME;

LONICERA; MOLVA MOLVA;

EID: 0042510955     PISSN: 0951418X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ptr.1397     Document Type: Letter

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