How to improve the quality of a clinical trial on traditional chinese medicine for stroke

Stroke

Volumn 40, Issue 11, 2009, Pages

  Wu, Bo ^a   Liu, Ming ^a  

^a SICHUAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Clinical trials; Traditional Chinese Medicine

Indexed keywords

ACUPUNCTURE; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CHINESE MEDICINE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONVALESCENCE; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; EXERCISE; FOLLOW UP; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; HEMATOMA; HERBAL MEDICINE; HUMAN; LETTER; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; STROKE; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW;

CLINICAL TRIALS AS TOPIC; HUMANS; MEDICINE, CHINESE TRADITIONAL; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; STROKE;

EID: 70350521858     PISSN: 00392499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/STROKEAHA.109.563072     Document Type: Letter

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