Echinacea purpurea and osteopathic manipulative treatment in children with recurrent otitis media: A randomized controlled trial

BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine

Volumn 8, Issue , 2008, Pages

  Wahl, Richard A ^a   Aldous, Michael B ^b   Worden, Katherine A ^c   Grant, Kathryn L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Saltzer Medical Group   (United States)

^c MIDWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; ECHINACEA PURPUREA EXTRACT; PLACEBO; PLANT EXTRACT;

ACUTE OTITIS MEDIA; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD CARE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMMON COLD; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE DURATION; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG RESPONSE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OSTEOPATHIC MEDICINE; OTITIS MEDIA; PRIMARY PREVENTION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK REDUCTION; SHAM PROCEDURE; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT RESPONSE; UNITED STATES; ACUTE DISEASE; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; ECHINACEA; INFANT; METHODOLOGY; MULTIMODALITY CANCER THERAPY; PHYTOTHERAPY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ACUTE DISEASE; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; ECHINACEA; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MANIPULATION, OSTEOPATHIC; OTITIS MEDIA; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANT EXTRACTS; RESEARCH DESIGN; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 55349123640     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726882     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6882-8-56     Document Type: Article

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