The variability of TCM pattern diagnosis and herbal prescription on rheumatoid arthritis patients

Alternative Therapies in Health and Medicine

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 58-63

  Zhang, Grant G ^a   Bausell, Barker ^a   Lao, Lixing ^a   Lee, Wen Lin ^a   Handwerger, Barry ^a   Berman, Brian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ACUPUNCTURE; ARTICLE; CHINESE MEDICINE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; HERBAL MEDICINE; HUMAN; PRESCRIPTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DRUGS, CHINESE HERBAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MARYLAND; MEDICINE, CHINESE TRADITIONAL; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PILOT PROJECTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RESEARCH DESIGN;

EID: 0348049534     PISSN: 10786791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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