Complementary therapy for atopic dermatitis and other allergic skin diseases: facts and controversies

Clinics in Dermatology

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 57-61

  Boneberger, Susanne ^a   Rupec, Rudolf A ^a   Ruzicka, Thomas ^a  

^a LUDWIG MAXIMILIANS UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ATRACTYLODES EXTRACT; CHAMOMILE; CLEMATIS ARMANDII EXTRACT; DICTAMNUS DASYCARPUS EXTRACT; ESSENTIAL FATTY ACID; GLYCYRRHIZA GLABRA EXTRACT; HERBACEOUS AGENT; HYDROCORTISONE; HYPERICUM PERFORATUM EXTRACT; KAMILLOSAN; LEDEBOURIELLA SESELOIDES EXTRACT; LONICERA EXTRACT; LOPHATHERUM GRACILE EXTRACT; MENTHA EXTRACT; PAEONIA LACTIFLORA EXTRACT; PAEONIA SUFFRUTICOSA EXTRACT; PENTAHERB; PHELLODENDRON EXTRACT; PLACEBO; PLANT EXTRACT; POTENTILLA CHINENSIS EXTRACT; PREBIOTIC AGENT; PROBIOTIC AGENT; REHMANNIA GLUTINOSA EXTRACT; SCHIZONEPETA TENUIFOLIA EXTRACT; TRIBULUS TERRESTRIS EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACUPUNCTURE; ACUTE FEBRILE NEUTROPHILIC DERMATOSIS; ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; AROMATHERAPY; ARSENIC POISONING; ARTICLE; ATOPIC DERMATITIS; CHINESE MEDICINE; CLEMATIS; CLEMATIS ARMANDII; CLINICAL TRIAL; CORK TREE; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DICTAMNUS; DICTAMNUS DASYCARPUS; DIET THERAPY; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG MECHANISM; DRUG RESPONSE; ECZEMA; HEALTH CARE COST; HERBAL MEDICINE; HOMEOPATHY; HUMAN; HYPNOSIS; IMMUNOMODULATION; INTEGRATIVE MEDICINE; INTESTINE FLORA; LACTOBACILLUS RHAMNOSUS; LEDEBOURIELLA SESELOIDES; LIVER TOXICITY; LOPHATHERUM GRACILE; MASSAGE; MEDICINAL PLANT; MENTHA; MERCURIALISM; NONHUMAN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PELLAGRA; PHOTOSENSITIVITY; POTENTILLA; POTENTILLA CHINENSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSORIASIS; SCHIZONEPETA TENUIFOLIA; SKIN ALLERGY; SKIN DISEASE; STEVENS JOHNSON SYNDROME; TREATMENT INDICATION;

COMPLEMENTARY THERAPIES; DERMATITIS, ATOPIC; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; DRUGS, CHINESE HERBAL; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; FATTY ACIDS, ESSENTIAL; FATTY ACIDS, OMEGA-3; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANT EXTRACTS; PROBIOTICS; RESEARCH DESIGN;

EID: 71749099158     PISSN: 0738081X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clindermatol.2009.03.017     Document Type: Article

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