Traditional Chinese medicinal herbs for idiopathic chronic fatigue and chronic fatigue syndrome

Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews

Volumn , Issue 1, 2007, Pages

  Adams, Denise ^a   Wu, T ^b   Tai, S ^b   Wiebe, N ^b   Vohra, S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HERBACEOUS AGENT;

CHINESE MEDICINE; CHRONIC FATIGUE SYNDROME; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG EFFICACY; HERB; HUMAN; IDIOPATHIC CHRONIC FATIGUE; QUALITY OF LIFE; REVIEW; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 44949129060     PISSN: 1469493X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD006348     Document Type: Review

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