Effects of Japanese herbal medicine, Juzen-taiho-to, in otitis-prone children - A preliminary study

Acta Oto-Laryngologica

Volumn 129, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 14-18

  Maruyama, Yumiko ^a   Hoshida, Shigeru ^a   Furukawa, Mitsuru ^b   Ito, Makoto ^b  

^a Kurobe City Hospital   (Japan)

^b KANAZAWA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICAL SCIENCE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Acute otitis media; Drug resistant bacteria; Immune function; Immune immaturity; JTT; TJ 48

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; SHI QUAN DA BU TANG;

ABSENCE OF SIDE EFFECTS; ACUTE OTITIS MEDIA; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE DURATION; DRUG EFFICACY; FEMALE; FEVER; HERBAL MEDICINE; HUMAN; IMMUNE SYSTEM; INFANT; MALE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REMISSION; SUPPURATIVE OTITIS MEDIA;

ACUTE DISEASE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DRUG ADMINISTRATION SCHEDULE; DRUGS, CHINESE HERBAL; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INFANT; JAPAN; MALE; OTITIS MEDIA, SUPPURATIVE; PHYTOTHERAPY; RECURRENCE; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

EID: 58149099782     PISSN: 00016489     EISSN: 16512553     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00016480801998838     Document Type: Article

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