Chinese herbal medicine for severe acute respiratory syndrome: A systematic review and meta-analysis

Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine

Volumn 10, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 1041-1051

  Liu, Jianping ^a   Manheimer, Eric ^b   Shi, Yi ^c   Gluud, Christian ^d  

^a LIVERPOOL SCHOOL OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

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

^c SHANGHAI UNIVERSITY OF TRADITIONAL CHINESE MEDICINE   (China)

^d Mental Health Services CPH   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANGONG NUIHUANG EXTRACT; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIVIRUS AGENT; AZITHROMYCIN; BUFEI JIANPI EXTRACT; CHUANHUNING EXTRACT; FEIDAN EXTRACT; GLUCOCORTICOID; HERBACEOUS AGENT; HUFEI QUINGSHA YIN EXTRACT; JIEDU ZHITONG EXTRACT; LEVOFLOXACIN; QIANKUNNING EXTRACT; QUINGKAILING EXTRACT; QUINGRE JIEDU SHUFENG EXTRACT; QUINGSHALING EXTRACT; SALVIA MILTIORRHIZA EXTRACT; SHENGMAI EXTRACT; SHENGMAI YIN EXTRACT; SHENMAI EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UNINDEXED DRUG; XINGNAO EXTRACT; XUANFEI EXTRACT; XUESAITONG EXTRACT; YANGYIN QINGRE EXTRACT; YIQI HUAYU JIEDU EXTRACT; YIQI YANGYINN EXTRACT; ZHUYE SHIGAO TANG EXTRACT; ZHUYINSAN EXTRACT; ZIXUE EXTRACT;

ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; BED REST; CHINESE HERB; CLINICAL TRIAL; FEVER; HERBAL MEDICINE; HUMAN; IMMUNOMODULATION; META ANALYSIS; METHODOLOGY; MORTALITY; MYCOSIS; NUTRIENT SUPPLY; NUTRITIONAL SUPPORT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SEVERE ACUTE RESPIRATORY SYNDROME; SYMPTOM; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HUMANS; MEDICINE, CHINESE TRADITIONAL; PHYTOTHERAPY; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS; SEVERE ACUTE RESPIRATORY SYNDROME;

EID: 13144307049     PISSN: 10755535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/acm.2004.10.1041     Document Type: Review

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