Pattern differentiation in traditional chinese medicine can help define specific indications for biomedical therapy in the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis

Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine

Volumn 15, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 1021-1025

  Lu, Cheng ^a,b   Zha, Qinglin ^c   Chang, Aileen ^d   He, Yiting ^e   Lu, Aiping ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTE OF CHINESE MATERIA MEDICA   (China)

^b SHANGHAI UNIVERSITY OF TRADITIONAL CHINESE MEDICINE   (China)

^c JIANGXI UNIVERSITY OF TRADITIONAL CHINESE MEDICINE   (China)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^e GUANGDONG PROVINCIAL HOSPITAL OF CHINESE MEDICINE   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID; DICLOFENAC; METHOTREXATE; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; SALAZOSULFAPYRIDINE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHINESE MEDICINE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COLD; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVALUATION; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FEVER; HEAT; HUMAN; JOINT; LIMB; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SYMPTOM; THERAPY EFFECT; THIRST; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT RESPONSE; URINE COLOR;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTIRHEUMATIC AGENTS; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICINE, CHINESE TRADITIONAL; MIDDLE AGED; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 70349312650     PISSN: 10755535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/acm.2009.0065     Document Type: Article

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