The in vitro evidence for an effect of high homeopathic potencies-A systematic review of the literature

Complementary Therapies in Medicine

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 128-138

  Witt, Claudia M ^a   Bluth, Michael ^b   Albrecht, Henning ^c   Weißhuhn, Thorolf E R ^a   Baumgartner, Stephan ^d   Willich, Stefan N ^a  

^a CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^b TUMOR BIOLOGY CENTER   (Germany)

^c Karl and Veronica Carstens Foundation   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Basic research; Basophiles; BEPEV; Cell free systems; Cultured cells; Dynamization; Homeopathy; In vitro; Lymphocytes; Modified SAPEH; Neutrophiles; Non cellular; Potency; Quality assessment; Quality score

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BASOPHIL; CELL CULTURE; ERYTHROCYTE; EXPERIMENTAL MODEL; GRANULOCYTE; HOMEOPATHY; HUMAN; IN VITRO STUDY; LYMPHOCYTE; MEDICAL LITERATURE; METHODOLOGY; NEUTROPHIL; SCORING SYSTEM; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW;

EID: 34249737615     PISSN: 09652299     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ctim.2007.01.011     Document Type: Article

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