Effectiveness of the herbal medicine Daikenchuto for radiation-induced enteritis

Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 753-755

  Takeda, Takashi ^a,b,c   Kamiura, Shouji ^b   Kimura, Tadashi ^a  

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b OSAKA MEDICAL CENTER FOR CANCER AND CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES   (Japan)

^c OSAKA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOFERMIN; HERBACEOUS AGENT; MAGNESIUM OXIDE; PROBIOTIC AGENT; TJ 100; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ABDOMINAL DISTENSION; ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONSTIPATION; DIARRHEA; DIET THERAPY; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG RESPONSE; DRUG TREATMENT FAILURE; EXTERNAL BEAM RADIOTHERAPY; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOM; HERBAL MEDICINE; HUMAN; LOW FAT DIET; PERISTALSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION ENTEROPATHY; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; TENESMUS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UTERINE CERVIX CARCINOMA;

CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; ENTERITIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANT PREPARATIONS; RADIATION INJURIES; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS;

EID: 49249118554     PISSN: 10755535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/acm.2007.0748     Document Type: Article

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