Efficacy and tolerability of a fixed combination of thyme and primrose root in patients with acute bronchitis: A double-blind, randomized, placebo-controlled clinical trial

Arzneimittel-Forschung/Drug Research

Volumn 55, Issue 11, 2005, Pages 669-676

  Gruenwald, Joerg ^a   Graubaum, Hans Joachim ^a   Busch, Regina ^a  

^a Analyze and Realize GmbH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bronchitis, acute, severity score; Bronchium Tropfen, clinical trial, efficacy, tolerability; Primose root; Thyme

Indexed keywords

BRONCHICUM; PLACEBO; PLANT EXTRACT; PRIMROSE EXTRACT PLUS THYME EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRONCHITIS; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE DURATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG TOLERABILITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; NAUSEA; OUTPATIENT; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SIDE EFFECT; STOMACH PAIN; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; XEROSTOMIA;

EID: 28744454804     PISSN: 00044172     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-0031-1296916     Document Type: Article

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