Ginkgo biloba treating patients with attention-deficit disorder

Phytotherapy Research

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 26-27

  Niederhofer, Helmut ^a  

^a Regional Hospital Bozen   (Italy)

Author keywords

Attention deficit disorder; Ginkgo biloba; Neurobiology; Psychopharmacology

Indexed keywords

GINKGO BILOBA EXTRACT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; ATTENTION DISTURBANCE; BEHAVIOR CHANGE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DRUG EFFICACY; FEMALE; GINKGO BILOBA; HEADACHE; HUMAN; HYPERACTIVITY; IMMATURITY; MALE; SCORING SYSTEM; STOMACH PAIN;

ADOLESCENT; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER WITH HYPERACTIVITY; FEMALE; GINKGO BILOBA; HUMANS; MALE; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANT EXTRACTS; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; YOUNG ADULT;

GINKGO BILOBA;

EID: 74249113465     PISSN: 0951418X     EISSN: 10991573     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ptr.2854     Document Type: Article

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