Pattern and frequency of use of complementary and alternative medicine among patients with epilepsy in the midwestern United States

Epilepsy and Behavior

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 576-582

  Liow, Kore ^a,b   Ablah, Elizabeth ^b   Nguyen, John C ^b   Sadler, Toni ^a   Wolfe, Deborah ^b   Tran, Ky Dieu ^b   Guo, Lisa ^c   Hoang, Tina ^c  

^a Neurophysiology Laboratory   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS SCHOOL OF MEDICINE WICHITA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Alternative; CAM; Complementary; Epilepsy; Medicine; Midwest; Prayer; Seizures; Stress management

Indexed keywords

CIMICIFUGA RACEMOSA EXTRACT; ECHINACEA EXTRACT; EVENING PRIMROSE EXTRACT; GARLIC EXTRACT; GINKGO BILOBA EXTRACT; GINSENG EXTRACT; GRAPESEED EXTRACT; HYPERICUM PERFORATUM EXTRACT; MELATONIN; PLANT EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VALERIAN; VITAMIN;

ADULT; ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ANXIETY; AROMATHERAPY; ARTICLE; CHIROPRACTIC; CIMICIFUGA RACEMOSA; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRANBERRY JUICE; DEMOGRAPHY; DIETARY INTAKE; ECHINACEA; EPILEPSY; EVENING PRIMROSE; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; GARLIC; GINKGO BILOBA; GINSENG; GRAPESEED; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; HYPERICUM PERFORATUM; KETOGENIC DIET; MAGNETOTHERAPY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICINAL PLANT; MEDITATION; PATIENT ATTITUDE; RELIGION; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; SEIZURE; SIDE EFFECT; SOYBEAN; STRESS MANAGEMENT; UNITED STATES; VALERIANACEAE; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION; YOGA;

ADULT; ANTICONVULSANTS; COMPLEMENTARY THERAPIES; DATA COLLECTION; EDUCATION; EMPLOYMENT; EPILEPSY; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCOME; KANSAS; MALE; MARRIAGE; MIDWESTERN UNITED STATES; ORTHOMOLECULAR THERAPY; SEIZURES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SPIRITUAL THERAPIES;

EID: 34249043248     PISSN: 15255050     EISSN: 15255069     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yebeh.2007.02.017     Document Type: Article

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