Frequency of current utilisation of complementary and alternative medicine by patients with multiple sclerosis

Journal of Neurology

Volumn 253, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 1331-1336

  Apel, Annett ^a   Greim, Brigitte ^a   König, Nicolaus ^b   Zettl, Uwe K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROSTOCK   (Germany)

^b Marianne Strauss Clinic   (Germany)

Author keywords

Complementary and alternative medicine (CAM); Frequencies of CAM; Illness related factors; Multiple sclerosis; Subjective effectiveness of CAM

Indexed keywords

BETA1A INTERFERON; CANNABIS; COBROTOXIN; INTERFERON BETA SERINE; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; MITOXANTRONE; STEROID; VITAMIN;

ADULT; ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ARTICLE; CHINESE MEDICINE; CHIROPRACTIC; DEMOGRAPHY; DIET THERAPY; DISEASE DURATION; DISEASE EXACERBATION; ELECTROSTIMULATION THERAPY; ENZYME THERAPY; FELDENKRAIS METHOD; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HUMAN; HYDROTHERAPY; HYPERBARIC OXYGEN; HYPERTHERMIC THERAPY; INTERVIEW; KINESIOTHERAPY; MAGNETOTHERAPY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MASSAGE; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY; PHYTOTHERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOTHERAPY; RELAXATION TRAINING; TREATMENT DURATION;

ADULT; COMPLEMENTARY THERAPIES; COSTS AND COST ANALYSIS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 33750630856     PISSN: 03405354     EISSN: 14321459     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00415-006-0217-9     Document Type: Article

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