Effect of Vimang® in HIV/AIDS patients;Efecto del Vimang® en pacientes VIH/sida

Revista Cubana de Medicina Tropical

Volumn 62, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 200-206

  del Valle, Lizette Gil ^a   López, Teresita Serrano ^b   Fuentes, Odalys Calderón ^b   Sánchez, Felicita Núñez ^b   Tápanes Peraza, Rolando D ^b   Avila, Jorge Pérez ^b  

^a INSTITUTO DE MEDICINA TROPICAL PEDRO KOURÍ   (Cuba)

^b IPK   (Cuba)

Author keywords

Antioxidant; HIV; Oxidative stress

Indexed keywords

MANGIFERA INDICA EXTRACT; PLANT EXTRACT;

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; PHYTOTHERAPY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL;

ACQUIRED IMMUNODEFICIENCY SYNDROME; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANT EXTRACTS;

EID: 78649740949     PISSN: 03750760     EISSN: 15613054     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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