Black cohosh and st. john’s wort for climacteric complaints: A randomized trial

Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 107, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 247-255

  Uebelhack, Ralf ^a   Blohmer, Jens Uwe ^a   Graubaum, Hans Joachim ^a   Busch, Regina ^a   Gruenwald, Joerg ^a   Wernecke, Klaus Dieter ^a  

^a Analyze and Realize GmbH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

2 PROPANOL; ALCOHOL; CIMICIFUGA RACEMOSA EXTRACT; GLYCEROL DERIVATIVE; HYDROXYPROPYLMETHYLCELLULOSE; HYPERICUM PERFORATUM EXTRACT; LACTOSE; MACROGOL; MAGNESIUM STEARATE; MICROCRYSTALLINE CELLULOSE; PLACEBO; POTATO STARCH; SILICON DIOXIDE; TALC; PLANT MEDICINAL PRODUCT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BREAST DISEASE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONNECTIVE TISSUE DISEASE; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG TOLERABILITY; EYE DISEASE; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; GENITAL SYSTEM DISEASE; GOOD CLINICAL PRACTICE; HAMILTON SCALE; HOT FLUSH; HUMAN; INFECTION; INFESTATION; INJURY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENOPAUSAL SYNDROME; MENOPAUSE RATING SCALE; MENTAL DISEASE; METABOLIC DISORDER; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASE; NUTRITIONAL DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RATING SCALE; CIMICIFUGA; CLIMACTERIUM; DRUG EFFECT; HOSPITALIZATION; HYPERICUM; MIDDLE AGED; PHYTOTHERAPY;

ADULT; CIMICIFUGA; CLIMACTERIC; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERICUM; MIDDLE AGED; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANT PREPARATIONS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 33645458030     PISSN: 00297844     EISSN: 1873233X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.AOG.0000196504.49378.83     Document Type: Article

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