Herbal medicine in womens' life cycle

Harefuah

Volumn 145, Issue 10, 2006, Pages

  Ben Arye, Eran ^a,b,c   Oren, Amnon ^a,b,c   Ben Arie, Alon ^d,e  

^a TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

^b CLALIT HEALTH SERVICES   (Israel)

^c Kaplan Medical Center ^*  (Israel)

^d KAPLAN MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^e HEBREW UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Amyloidosis; FMF; Mutation

Indexed keywords

AGING; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; FEMALE; GYNECOLOGIC DISEASE; HERBAL MEDICINE; HUMAN; MENOPAUSE; PREGNANCY; PREMENSTRUAL SYNDROME; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REVIEW; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

AGING; FEMALE; GENITAL DISEASES, FEMALE; HUMANS; MEDICINE, HERBAL; MENOPAUSE; PREGNANCY; PREMENSTRUAL SYNDROME; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 33947239832     PISSN: 00177768     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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