The effect of hypericum perforatum on the wound healing and scar of cesarean

Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 113-117

  Samadi, Sareh ^a   Khadivzadeh, Talat ^b   Emami, Ahmad ^a   Moosavi, Naser Sanjar ^c   Tafaghodi, Mohsen ^a   Behnam, Hamid Reza ^a  

^a MASHHAD UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b MASHHAD UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^c ISLAMIC AZAD UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HYPERICUM PERFORATUM EXTRACT; PLACEBO;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CESAREAN SECTION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; ECCHYMOSIS; EDEMA; ERYTHEMA; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERTROPHIC SCAR; IRAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NONHUMAN; PAIN; PIGMENTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRURITUS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SCAR; SCAR FORMATION; SURGICAL WOUND; WOUND HEALING;

ADMINISTRATION, TOPICAL; ADULT; CESAREAN SECTION; CICATRIX; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERICUM; OINTMENTS; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; PARITY; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANT EXTRACTS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PREGNANCY; PRURITUS; WOUND HEALING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 76449112854     PISSN: 10755535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/acm.2009.0317     Document Type: Article

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