Variability in the Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) diagnoses and herbal prescriptions provided by three TCM practitioners for 40 patients with rheumatoid arthritis

Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 415-421

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

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHINESE DRUG;

ACUPUNCTURE; ADULT; AGED; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CHINESE MEDICINE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PAIN; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PULSE RATE; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; UNITED STATES;

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

EID: 22344454814     PISSN: 10755535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/acm.2005.11.415     Document Type: Article

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