Herbal preparations for uterine fibroids

Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews

Volumn , Issue 2, 2009, Pages

  Liu, Jian Ping ^a   Yang, Hong ^a   Xia, Yun ^a   Cardini, Francesco ^b  

^a BEIJING UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE MEDICINE   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VERONA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CETRORELIX; GESTRINONE; GONADORELIN AGONIST; HERBACEOUS AGENT; HUOXUE SANJIE TANG; IBUPROFEN; LEVONORGESTREL; MIFEPRISTONE; NAPROXEN; NONA ROGUY; PIRFENIDONE; PLACEBO; PROGESTERONE; RALOXIFENE; TAMOXIFEN; TIBOLONE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ANEMIA; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COCHRANE LIBRARY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CRYOMYOLYSIS; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG FORMULATION; ECHOGRAPHY; ENDOMETRIUM ABLATION; GYNECOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; HERBAL MEDICINE; HORMONAL THERAPY; HUMAN; HYSTERECTOMY; INCIDENCE; INFERTILITY; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MENSTRUATION DISORDER; METHODOLOGY; MYOLYSIS; MYOMECTOMY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PAIN; PREMATURE LABOR; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; SAMPLE SIZE; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SPONTANEOUS ABORTION; STOMACH DISCOMFORT; SUBFERTILITY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TREATMENT DURATION; UTERINE ARTERY EMBOLIZATION; UTERUS MYOMA;

EID: 70349132722     PISSN: 1469493X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD005292.pub2     Document Type: Review

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