A randomized double blind placebo-controlled clinical trial of Hochuekkito, a traditional herbal medicine, in the treatment of elderly patients with weakness N of one and responder restricted design

Phytomedicine

Volumn 12, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 549-554

  Satoh, N ^a   Sakai, S ^b   Kogure, T ^c   Tahara, E ^d   Origasa, H ^e   Shimada, Y ^e   Kohoda, K ^f   Okubo, T ^g   Terasawa, K ^e  

^a Department of Urology   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOYAMA   (Japan)

^c GUNMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d KINKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^e TOYAMA MEDICAL AND PHARMACEUTICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^f ASO IIZUKA HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^g KANEBO LTD   (Japan)

Author keywords

Clinical trials; General weakness; Hochuekkito; Traditional herbal medicine

Indexed keywords

BU ZHONG YI QI TANG; CD3 ANTIGEN; CD4 ANTIGEN; INTERLEUKIN 2; LYMPHOCYTE ANTIGEN; MEMBRANE ANTIGEN;

AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; CELL ACTIVITY; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFICACY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LYMPHOCYTE; LYMPHOCYTE PROLIFERATION; LYMPHOCYTE SUBPOPULATION; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MULTICENTER STUDY; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; NATURAL KILLER CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE;

AFFECT; AGED; ANTIDEPRESSIVE AGENTS; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; DRUGS, CHINESE HERBAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; JAPAN; MALE; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANTS, MEDICINAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; T-LYMPHOCYTES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 21744452292     PISSN: 09447113     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.phymed.2004.06.014     Document Type: Article

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