Efficacy and safety of modified Mai-Men-Dong-Tang for treatment of allergic asthma

Pediatric Allergy and Immunology

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 76-81

  Hsu, Ching Hsaing ^a   Lu, Chun Mei ^b   Chang, Tung Ti ^c  

^a CHINA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b GenMont Biotec Inc   (Taiwan)

^c CHINA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Allergic asthma; Clinical trial; Mai Men Dong Tang

Indexed keywords

ARGININE; ASPARTIC ACID; AZETIDINE 2 CARBOXYLIC ACID; BECLOMETASONE; BRONCHODILATING AGENT; CHOLESTEROL; CONIINE; CORTICOSTEROID; CROMOGLYCATE DISODIUM; DIAMINOBUTYRIC ACID; DIGITALIS GLYCOSIDE; GLUTAMIC ACID; HERBACEOUS AGENT; HOMOGENTISIC ACID; HOMOSERINE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; MAI MEN DONG TANG; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; NICOTINE; OPHIOPOGONIN; PANAQUILON; POLYSACCHARIDE; PROTOANEMONIN; RUSCOGENIN; SALBUTAMOL; SAPONIN; SITOSTEROL; STIGMASTEROL; THEOPHYLLINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALLERGIC ASTHMA; ARTICLE; BLOOD CELL COUNT; CHILD; CHINESE HERB; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DERMATOPHAGOIDES; DISEASE SEVERITY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HUMAN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN BLOOD LEVEL; KIDNEY FUNCTION; LIVER FUNCTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SIDE EFFECT; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

ADOLESCENT; ASTHMA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; DRUGS, CHINESE HERBAL; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; KIDNEY FUNCTION TESTS; LIVER FUNCTION TESTS; MALE; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 14644436349     PISSN: 09056157     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-3038.2005.00230.x     Document Type: Article

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