Concurrent Use of corticosteroids with licorice-containing TCM preparations in Taiwan: A national health insurance database study

Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 539-544

  Liao, Hui Ling ^a,b   Ma, Tso Chiang ^a   Li, Yi Chun ^a   Chen, Jin Tang ^b   Chang, Yuan Shiun ^a,c  

^a CHINA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b FENG YUAN HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^c CHINA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETAMETHASONE; CORTICOSTEROID; CORTISONE; DEXAMETHASONE; GLYCYRRHIZA EXTRACT; HYDROCORTISONE; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; PREDNISOLONE; TRIAMCINOLONE;

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CHINESE MEDICINE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM DISEASE; DRUG USE; FEMALE; HEALTH INSURANCE; HUMAN; INFECTION; ISCHEMIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; METABOLIC DISORDER; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASE; NEOPLASM; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRESCRIPTION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; SKIN DISEASE; TAIWAN; UROGENITAL TRACT DISEASE;

ADOLESCENT; ADRENAL CORTEX HORMONES; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DATABASES, FACTUAL; FEMALE; GLYCYRRHIZA; HERB-DRUG INTERACTIONS; HUMANS; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES; MALE; MEDICINE, CHINESE TRADITIONAL; MIDDLE AGED; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANT EXTRACTS; PRESCRIPTIONS; TAIWAN; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77952562465     PISSN: 10755535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/acm.2009.0267     Document Type: Article

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