Use of aromatherapy (with or without hypnosis) in the treatment of intractable epilepsy - A two-year follow-up study

Seizure

Volumn 12, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 534-538

  Betts, Tim ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aromatherapy; Hypnosis; Intractable epilepsy

Indexed keywords

BERGAMOT OIL; CHAMOMILE; ESSENTIAL OIL; JASMINE OIL; LAVENDER OIL; MARJORAM OIL; ROSE OIL; ROSMARINUS OFFICINALIS EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; YLANG YLANG OIL;

ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ANTICONVULSANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL STUDY; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFICACY; EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HYPNOSIS; INTENSIVE CARE; INTRACTABLE EPILEPSY; JASMINE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MARJORAM; MASSAGE; MEDICINAL PLANT; MORBIDITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOTHERAPIST; SEIZURE; SHORT COURSE THERAPY;

EID: 0345530901     PISSN: 10591311     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1059-1311(03)00161-4     Document Type: Article

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