Correlations between symptoms as assessed in traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) and ACR20 efficacy response: A comparison study in 396 patients with rheumatoid arthritis treated with TCM or Western medicine

Journal of Clinical Rheumatology

Volumn 13, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 317-321

  He, Yiting ^a   Lu, Aiping ^b   Zha, Yinglin ^c   Yan, Xiaoping ^d   Song, Yuejin ^e   Zeng, Shengping ^f   Liu, Wei ^g   Zhu, Wanhua ^h   Su, Li ⁱ   Feng, Xinghua ^b   Qian, Xian ^j   Lu, Cheng ^b  

^a GUANGDONG PROVINCIAL HOSPITAL OF CHINESE MEDICINE   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF CHINESE MATERIA MEDICA   (China)

^c National Pharmaceutical Engineering Research Center   (China)

^d Sino Japan Friendship Hospital   (China)

^e HUBEI UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE MEDICINE   (China)

^f Chengdu Traditional Chinese Medicine University   (China)

^g TIANJIN UNIVERSITY OF TRADITIONAL CHINESE MEDICINE   (China)

^h Nantong Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine   (China)

ⁱ SHANGHAI UNIVERSITY OF TRADITIONAL CHINESE MEDICINE   (China)

^j Jiangsu Province Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine   (China)

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Author keywords

Efficacy evaluation; Rheumatoid arthritis; Symptom

Indexed keywords

ANGELICA SINENSIS EXTRACT; CHINESE DRUG; CORTICOSTEROID; DICLOFENAC; DISEASE MODIFYING ANTIRHEUMATIC DRUG; EUPOLYPHAGA SEU STELEOPHAGA EXTRACT; GLUCOSIDORUM TRIPTERYGLL TOTORUM EXTRACT; HERBA EPIMEDII EXTRACT; LUMBRICUS EXTRACT; METHOTREXATE; NIDUS VESPAE EXTRACT; PLANT EXTRACT; RADIX REHMANNIAE EXTRACT; RHIZOMA DRYNARIAE EXTRACT; SALAZOSULFAPYRIDINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; YISHEN JUANBI EXTRACT;

ADULT; AGED; ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ANOREXIA; ARTHRALGIA; ARTICLE; BACKACHE; CHINESE MEDICINE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; DENTAL CARIES; DENTAL ULCER; DIARRHEA; DIZZINESS; DRUG DOSE INCREASE; DRUG EFFICACY; DYSPNEA; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HEART PALPITATION; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; INSOMNIA; JOINT STIFFNESS; KIDNEY DISEASE; LEUKOPENIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL SOCIETY; MENSTRUATION DISORDER; MULTICENTER STUDY; NAUSEA; NOCTURIA; OCCULT BLOOD; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RASH; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SIDE EFFECT; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STOMACH HEMORRHAGE; STOMACH PAIN; SYMPTOM; THIRST; THROMBOCYTOPENIA; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS, NON-STEROIDAL; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; DICLOFENAC; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; DRUGS, CHINESE HERBAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; MALE; MEDICINE, CHINESE TRADITIONAL; METHOTREXATE; MIDDLE AGED; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD; SULFASALAZINE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 37849030775     PISSN: 10761608     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/RHU.0b013e31815d019b     Document Type: Article

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