Self-reported use of complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) products in topical treatment of diabetic foot disorders by diabetic patients in Jeddah, Western Saudi Arabia

BMC Research Notes

Volumn 3, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Bakhotmah, Balkees A ^a   Alzahrani, Hasan A ^a  

^a KING ABDULAZIZ UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMMIPHORA; COMMIPHORA HABESSINICA; LAWSONIA INERMIS; NIGELLA SATIVA;

EID: 77957293751     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17560500     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1756-0500-3-254     Document Type: Article

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