Treatment of atopic dermatitis with herbal combination of Eleutherococcus, Achillea millefolium, and Lamium album has no advantage over placebo: A double blind, placebo-controlled, randomized trial

Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology

Volumn 52, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 691-693

  Shapira, Michael Y ^a   Raphaelovich, Yisrael ^c   Gilad, Leon ^a   Or, Reuven ^a   Dumb, Avraham J ^b   Ingber, Arieh ^a  

^a HADASSAH HEBREW UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^c Raphael Natural Products   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACHILLEA MILLEFOLIUM EXTRACT; ELEUTHEROCOCCUS EXTRACT; HERBACEOUS AGENT; LAMIUM ALBUM EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACHILLEA; ARTICLE; ATOPIC DERMATITIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; ELEUTHEROCOCCUS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LAMIUM ALBUM; MALE; MEDICINAL PLANT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REMISSION; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

EID: 17844403748     PISSN: 01909622     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaad.2003.05.008     Document Type: Article

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