Homeopathic pathogenetic trials produce specific symptoms different from placebo

Forschende Komplementarmedizin

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 105-110

  Möllinger, Heribert ^a   Schneider, Rainer ^b   Walach, Harald ^c  

^a University of Osnabrück ^*

^b UNIVERSITY OF OSNABRÜCK   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Double blind; Homeopathy; Pathogenetic trial; Placebo; Randomised controlled trial; RCT

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC TRIOXIDE; HOMEOPATHIC AGENT; NATRUM MURIATICUM; PLACEBO; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COGNITION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFECT; FECES; FEMALE; HALITOSIS; HOMEOPATHY; HUMAN; HUNGER; KRUSKAL WALLIS TEST; MALE; MEMORY; MEMORY DISORDER; NORMAL HUMAN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PAIN; PATHOGENICITY; PLACEBO EFFECT; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RANK SUM TEST; RESTLESSNESS; SNEEZING; SWALLOWING; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; VERTIGO;

ADULT; AUTOEXPERIMENTATION; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; HOMEOPATHY; HUMANS; MALE; MATERIA MEDICA; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 67649199232     PISSN: 16614119     EISSN: 16614127     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000209386     Document Type: Article

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