Effectiveness of a Classical Homeopathic Treatment in Atopic Eczema. A Randomised Placebo-Controlled Double-Blind Clinical Trial;Wirksamkeit einer klassisch-homöopathischen Therapie bei atopischem Ekzem: Eine randomisierte, placebokontrollierte Doppelblindstudie

Forschende Komplementarmedizin

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 315-323

  Siebenwirth, Joachim ^a   Lüdtke, Rainer ^b,d   Remy, Wolfgang ^c   Rakoski, Jürgen ^c   Borelli, Siegfried ^c   Ring, Johannes ^c  

^a Private Praxis   (Germany)

^b Karl und Veronica Carstens Stiftung   (Germany)

^c TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^d NONE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Atopic dermatitis; Atopic eczema; Homeopathy; Placebo controlled randomised clinical trial

Indexed keywords

PLACEBO;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF COVARIANCE; ARTICLE; ATOPIC DERMATITIS; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; FEMALE; HOMEOPATHY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT MONITORING; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SCORING SYSTEM; THERAPY EFFECT; TREATMENT DURATION;

EID: 70449396273     PISSN: 16614119     EISSN: 16614127     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000242434     Document Type: Article

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