Complementary and alternative medicine in allergy, otitis media, and asthma

Current Allergy and Asthma Reports

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 313-318

  Blazek O'Neill, Betsy ^a  

^a ALLEGHENY GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINE; ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; AMOXICILLIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ASCORBIC ACID; CALENDULA EXTRACT; DECONGESTIVE AGENT; GAMMA INTERFERON; GAMMA LINOLENIC ACID; GARLIC EXTRACT; GLYCEROL; GRASS POLLEN EXTRACT; HYPERICUM PERFORATUM EXTRACT; ICOSAPENTAENOIC ACID; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; LAVENDER OIL; LEUKOTRIENE; MAGNESIUM; MUCOLYTIC AGENT; OLIVE OIL; OMEGA 3 FATTY ACID; PHENAZONE; PLACEBO; PLANT EXTRACT; POLYUNSATURATED FATTY ACID; PROBIOTIC AGENT; TETRACAINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UNINDEXED DRUG; VERBASCUM THAPSUS EXTRACT; XYLITOL;

ABDOMINAL DISCOMFORT; ACUPUNCTURE; ALLERGIC DISEASE; ALLERGIC RHINITIS; ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ANTIBODY TITER; ASTHMA; ATOPIC DERMATITIS; CLINICAL TRIAL; DIARRHEA; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG RESPONSE; HAY FEVER; HERBAL MEDICINE; HOMEOPATHY; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; OTITIS MEDIA; PRICK TEST; RELAXATION TRAINING; REVIEW; VERBASCUM; VERBASCUM THAPSUS; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION; YOGA;

EID: 23844538591     PISSN: 15297322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11882-005-0072-2     Document Type: Review

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