Pelargonium sidoides extract (Umckaloabo) for acute respiratory tract infections

Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews

Volumn , Issue 1, 2007, Pages

  Timmer, Antje ^a   Antes, G ^b   Gunther J ^b   Kern, W V ^b   Motschall, E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PELARGONIUM SIDOIDES EXTRACT;

CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONVALESCENCE; DISEASE SEVERITY; HUMAN; MEDICINAL PLANT; PELARGONIUM SIDOIDES; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZATION; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; REVIEW; RISK REDUCTION; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 44949109266     PISSN: 1469493X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD006323     Document Type: Review

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