Individualised homeopathy as an adjunct in the treatment of childhood asthma: A randomised placebo controlled trial

Thorax

Volumn 58, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 317-321

  White, A ^a   Slade, P ^b   Hunt, C ^c   Hart, A ^d   Ernst, E ^a  

^a PENINSULA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b Irnham Lodge Surgery   (United Kingdom)

^c Harley House Surgery   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL LANCASHIRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADJUVANT THERAPY; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DISEASE EXACERBATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; ECZEMA; FEMALE; FEVER; FOLLOW UP; HOMEOPATHY; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; IRRITABILITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PEAK EXPIRATORY FLOW; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RASH; SLEEP DISORDER; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADMINISTRATION, INHALATION; ADOLESCENT; ANTI-ASTHMATIC AGENTS; ASTHMA; CHILD; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; HUMANS; INFANT; MATERIA MEDICA; QUALITY OF LIFE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0345269858     PISSN: 00406376     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/thorax.58.4.317     Document Type: Article

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