Matched-pair study showed higher quality of placebo-controlled trials in Western phytotherapy than conventional medicine

Journal of Clinical Epidemiology

Volumn 60, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 787.e1-787.e15

  Nartey, Linda ^a   Huwiler Müntener, Karin ^a   Shang, Aijing ^a   Liewald, Katharina ^a   Jüni, Peter ^a   Egger, Matthias ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Clinical trials; Conventional medicine; Methodological quality; Publication bias; Random allocation; Western herbal medicine

Indexed keywords

ALLII SATIVI BULBUS EXTRACT; ALPINIA GALANGA EXTRACT; CARTHAMUS TINCTORIUS EXTRACT; CARUM CARVI EXTRACT; CHELIDONII HERBA EXTRACT; CRATAEGI FOLIUM CUM FLORE EXTRACT; CURCUMA LONGA EXTRACT; ECHINACEAE PALLIDAE RADIX EXTRACT; ECHINACEAE PURPUREAE HERBA EXTRACT; GINGER EXTRACT; GLYCYRRHIZA GLABRA EXTRACT; HARPAGOPHYTI RADIX EXTRACT; HERBACEOUS AGENT; HIPPOCASTANI SEMEN EXTRACT; HYPERICI HERBA EXTRACT; LINUM USITATISSIMUM EXTRACT; MENTHAE PIPERITAE EXTRACT; MYRTUS COMMUNIS EXTRACT; OENOTHERA BIENNIS EXTRACT; PANAX QUINQEFOLIUM EXTRACT; PASSIFLORAE HERBA EXTRACT; PEPPERMINT; PLANT EXTRACT; PLANTAGINIS OVATAE EXTRACT; SERENOAE REPENTIS FRUCTUS EXTRACT; TANACETI PARTHENII HERBA EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UNINDEXED DRUG; VALERIANAE RADIX EXTRACT; VITIS VINIFERA EXTRACT; ZINGIBERIS RHIZOMA EXTRACT;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADJUVANT THERAPY; ALLOPATHY; ANGINA PECTORIS; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; ATOPIC DERMATITIS; BRONCHITIS; CHRONIC VEIN INSUFFICIENCY; CLINICAL RESEARCH; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONSTIPATION; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; DEPRESSION; DYSPEPSIA; EPIGASTRIC PAIN; HEART FAILURE; HUMAN; HYPERLIPIDEMIA; HYPERTENSION; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LIVER CANCER; LOW BACK PAIN; MEDICINAL PLANT; MENOPAUSAL SYNDROME; MICTURITION DISORDER; MIGRAINE; MYALGIA; NAUSEA AND VOMITING; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; OSTEOARTHRITIS; PERIPHERAL OCCLUSIVE ARTERY DISEASE; PHYTOTHERAPY; PREECLAMPSIA; PREMENSTRUAL SYNDROME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPHYLAXIS; QUALITY CONTROL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; STOMACH ULCER; TREATMENT INDICATION; URINARY TRACT INFECTION;

EID: 34250900862     PISSN: 08954356     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jclinepi.2006.11.018     Document Type: Article

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