The safety and efficacy of the fruit juice of ecballium elaterium in the treatment of acute rhinosinusitis

Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine

Volumn 15, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 1273-1274

  Mazokopakis, Elias E ^a   Karefilakis, Christos M ^a   Starakis, Ioannis K ^b  

^a Naval Hospital of Crete   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF PATRAS   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIHISTAMINIC AGENT; ECBALLIUM ELATERIUM EXTRACT; HYDROCORTISONE; PREDNISONE;

ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ASTHMA; BRONCHITIS; CHRONIC RHINITIS; CUCUMBER; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG ERUPTION; DRUG SAFETY; ECBALLIUM ELATERIUM; FOOD ALLERGY; FRUIT JUICE; GREECE; HUMAN; LETTER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICINAL PLANT; NOSE EDEMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHINOSINUSITIS; TONGUE EDEMA; TREATMENT INDICATION;

ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS; CUCURBITACEAE; HISTAMINE ANTAGONISTS; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; HYPERSENSITIVITY; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANT PREPARATIONS; PREDNISONE; SINUSITIS;

EID: 73149109306     PISSN: 10755535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/acm.2009.0241     Document Type: Letter

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