Perceived efficacy among patients of various methods of complementary alternative medicine for rheumatologic diseases

Clinical and Experimental Rheumatology

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 693-696

  Breuer, Gabriel S ^a   Orbach, Hedi ^b,d   Elkayam, Ori ^c   Berkun, Yaakov ^b,e   Paran, Dafna ^c   Mates, Michal ^a   Nesher, Gideon ^a  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b BIKUR CHOLIM HOSPITAL   (Israel)

^c TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^d WOLFSON MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^e SHEBA MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Acupuncture; Alternative medicine; Complementary medicine; Homeopathy

Indexed keywords

CHONDROITIN; GLUCOSAMINE; HERBACEOUS AGENT;

ACUPUNCTURE; ADULT; ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ARTICLE; CONNECTIVE TISSUE DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET THERAPY; FEMALE; FIBROMYALGIA; HEALTH SURVEY; HOMEOPATHY; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OSTEOARTHRITIS; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHEUMATIC DISEASE; SCORING SYSTEM; SCREENING; SPONDYLOARTHROPATHY; VASCULITIS;

ADULT; AGED; COMPLEMENTARY THERAPIES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RHEUMATIC DISEASES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 24944507385     PISSN: 0392856X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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