Use of complementary and alternative medicine in patients with chronic hepatitis C;Utilización de las medicinas alternativas y complementarias por los pacientes con hepatitis C crónica

Medicina Clinica

Volumn 122, Issue 9, 2004, Pages 334-335

  Bruguera, Miguel ^a,b   Barrera, José M ^a   Ampurdanés, Sergi ^a   Forns, Xavier ^a   Sánchez Tapias, José M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL CLÍNIC   (Spain)

Author keywords

Alternative medicine; Chronic hepatitis C; Complementary therapies

Indexed keywords

INTERFERON; NATURAL PRODUCT; RIBAVIRIN;

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ACUPUNCTURE; ADULT; ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DIVORCE; DRUG USE; EDUCATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FEMALE; HEPATITIS C; HOMEOPATHY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PHYTOTHERAPY; QUESTIONNAIRE; WIDOW; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COMPARATIVE STUDY; HOSPITALIZATION; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SATISFACTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

COMPLEMENTARY THERAPIES; DRUG UTILIZATION REVIEW; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEPATITIS C, CHRONIC; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SATISFACTION; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 2442694367     PISSN: 00257753     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1157/13059044     Document Type: Article

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