Exceptional disease courses after the use of CAM: Selection, registration, medical assessment, and research. An international perspective

Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine

Volumn 12, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 607-613

  Launsø, Laila ^a   Drageset, Brit J ^a   Fønnebø, Vinjar ^a   Jacobson, Judith S ^b   Haahr, Niels ^c   White, Jeffrey D ^d   Salamonsen, Anita ^a   Horneber, Markus ^e   Egeland, Else ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

^b Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^c Danish Multiple Sclerosis Registry   (Denmark)

^d NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^e KLINIKUM NÜRNBERG   (Germany)

^f NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ARTICLE; CANCER; CASE STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HUMAN; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; MEDICAL RECORD; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MEDLINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGISTER; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW;

COMPLEMENTARY THERAPIES; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; HUMANS; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; MEDICAL RECORDS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); RESEARCH DESIGN; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WORLD HEALTH;

EID: 33846443980     PISSN: 10755535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/acm.2006.12.607     Document Type: Article

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