Prognos® in the diagnosis of amalgam hypersensitivity - A diagnostic case-control study

Forschende Komplementarmedizin

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 18-24

  Kohler W ^a   Linde, K ^a,b   Halbach, S ^b   Zilker, T ^c   Kremers, L ^d   Saller, R ^e   Melchart, D ^a,e  

^a Centre for Complementary Medicine Research   (Germany)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^c INSTITUTE OF EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^e UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Adverse effects; Complementary medicine; Dental amalgam; Electroacupuncture; Mercury; Prognos

Indexed keywords

DENTAL ALLOY; UNITHIOL; CHELATING AGENT; DIAGNOSTIC AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD LEVEL; CHINESE MEDICINE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERSENSITIVITY; LYMPHOCYTE TRANSFORMATION TEST; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; SALIVA LEVEL; URINE LEVEL; AGED; BLOOD; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHEMISTRY; INSTRUMENTATION; MERCURIALISM; MIDDLE AGED; REPRODUCIBILITY; SALIVA; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; URINE;

ADULT; AGED; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHELATING AGENTS; DENTAL AMALGAM; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICINE, CHINESE TRADITIONAL; MERCURY POISONING; MIDDLE AGED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SALIVA; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; UNITHIOL;

EID: 33847682956     PISSN: 16614119     EISSN: 16614127     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000097998     Document Type: Article

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