Hochuekkito improves systemic inflammation and nutritional status in elderly patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 57, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 169-170

  Tatsumi, Koichiro ^a   Shinozuka, Nariyuki ^a   Nakayama, Katsutoshi ^b   Sekiya, Nobuyasu ^a   Kuriyama, Takayuki ^a   Fukuchi, Yoshinosuke ^c  

^a CHIBA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b TOHOKU UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^c JUNTENDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

BRONCHODILATING AGENT; BU ZHONG YI QI TANG; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; GLUCOCORTICOID; INTERLEUKIN 6; PREALBUMIN; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ABSENCE OF SIDE EFFECTS; ADD ON THERAPY; AGED; ALBUMIN BLOOD LEVEL; BODY MASS; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; COMMON COLD; CONTROL GROUP; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE EXACERBATION; DRUG EFFECT; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; GERIATRIC PATIENT; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; LETTER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; QUALITY OF LIFE; SCORING SYSTEM; TREATMENT DURATION; WEIGHT GAIN; WINTER;

AGED; DRUGS, CHINESE HERBAL; HUMANS; INFLAMMATION; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PULMONARY DISEASE, CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE;

EID: 58149234257     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: 15325415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2009.02034.x     Document Type: Letter

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