Popular use of traditional Chinese medicine in HIV patients in the HAART era

AIDS and Behavior

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 637-642

  Ma, Kurtland ^a   Lee, Shui Shan ^b   Chu, Elsie K Y ^b   Tam, Dennise K P ^b   Kwong, Victoria S C ^c   Ho, Choi Fung ^c   Cheng, Kathy ^c   Wong, Ka Hing ^c  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^c DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Chinese; HAART; HIV; Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM)

Indexed keywords

ANTIRETROVIRUS AGENT; CHINESE DRUG; CORDYCEPS SINENSIS EXTRACT; GANODERMA LUCIDUM EXTRACT; NON PRESCRIPTION DRUG;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHINESE MEDICINE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG USE; GANODERMA LUCIDUM; HEALTH SURVEY; HIGHLY ACTIVE ANTIRETROVIRAL THERAPY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; TEA; UNSPECIFIED SIDE EFFECT; VIRUS LOAD;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIRETROVIRAL THERAPY, HIGHLY ACTIVE; CD4 LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HIV INFECTIONS; HIV-1; HONG KONG; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MEDICINE, CHINESE TRADITIONAL; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; VIRAL LOAD;

EID: 45749115819     PISSN: 10907165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10461-007-9245-4     Document Type: Article

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