Clinical and molecular evaluation of warming and tonic herb treatment for sibling patients of a typical kidney-yang deficiency family

American Journal of Chinese Medicine

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 387-400

  Pan, Ling ^a   Wang, Miqu ^a   Wang, J G ^b   Wu, Bin ^a   Hui, Kam M ^c  

^a CHENGDU UNIVERSITY OF TRADITIONAL CHINESE MEDICINE   (China)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^c DIVISION OF MEDICAL ONCOLOGY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Accumulated clinical scores; cDNA microarray; Differentially gene expression; Family study; Kidney yang deficiency; Therapeutic efficacy; Warming and tonic herb treatment

Indexed keywords

ACONITUM EXTRACT; ASARUM EXTRACT; ASTRAGALUS EXTRACT; CHINESE DRUG; CINNAMON EXTRACT; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; EPHEDRA EXTRACT; JINGKUI; PLANT EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACONITE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASARUM; ASTRAGALUS PLANT; BLOOD SAMPLING; CHINESE MEDICINE; CINNAMON; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMMON COLD SYMPTOM; COMPARATIVE GENOMIC HYBRIDIZATION; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DNA MICROARRAY; DRUG EFFICACY; EPHEDRA; FAMILY STUDY; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENOME ANALYSIS; HERBAL MEDICINE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; KIDNEY DISEASE; LOW BACK PAIN; MALE; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; RNA ISOLATION; SCHOOL CHILD; SCORING SYSTEM; SIBLING; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; THORAX PAIN; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WARMING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; FEMALE; HEAT; HERBAL MEDICINE; HOT TEMPERATURE; HUMANS; KIDNEY DISEASES; MALE; MEDICINE, HERBAL; MIDDLE AGED; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE ARRAY SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; PEDIGREE; SIBLINGS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33646693085     PISSN: 0192415X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1142/S0192415X06003928     Document Type: Article

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