Clinical studies with traditional Chinese medicine in the past decade and future research and development

Planta Medica

Volumn 76, Issue 17, 2010, Pages 2048-2064

  Jiang, Miao ^a   Yang, Jing ^a   Zhang, Chi ^a   Liu, Baoyan ^a   Chan, Kelvin ^b   Cao, Hongxin ^a   Lu, Aiping ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF CHINESE MATERIA MEDICA   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

clinical trials; systematic review; traditional Chinese medicine

Indexed keywords

AIDI; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; BU ZHONG YI QI TANG; BUCHANG NAOXINTONG JIAONANG; DA CHENG QI; DANGQI PIANTANG JIAONANG; DING CHUAN TANG; FUZHENG YILIU; GANODERMA LUCIDUM EXTRACT; HE JIE TANG; HERBACEOUS AGENT; JINYE BAIDU; MAXING SHIGAN; PLACEBO; PREDNISONE; PUERARIN; SALAZOSULFAPYRIDINE; SALVIA MILTIORRHIZA EXTRACT; SHENGMAI; SHENGXUELING; SI WU TANG; TIAOZHI YANGGAN; TONG XIN LUO; TRIPTERYGIUM WILFORDII EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; XIAOYAO SAN MODIFIED; YUNZHI DANSHEN;

ACUTE PANCREATITIS; ASTHMA; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER THERAPY; CASE STUDY; CHINESE MEDICINE; CLINICAL STUDY; CLINICAL TRIAL; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS INFECTION; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; DYSMENORRHEA; DYSPEPSIA; ESOPHAGUS CARCINOMA; ESOPHAGUS RESECTION; HEART FAILURE; HEPATITIS B; HUMAN; IDIOPATHIC THROMBOCYTOPENIC PURPURA; INFLUENZA; LUNG NON SMALL CELL CANCER; NASOPHARYNX CARCINOMA; NONALCOHOLIC FATTY LIVER; PNEUMONIA; QUALITY CONTROL; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZATION; REVIEW; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SELF REPORT; STROKE; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNSTABLE ANGINA PECTORIS; VASCULAR DISEASE;

BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CLINICAL TRIALS AS TOPIC; DRUGS, CHINESE HERBAL; HUMANS; MEDICINE, CHINESE TRADITIONAL; META-ANALYSIS AS TOPIC; QUALITY CONTROL; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; RESEARCH; REVIEW LITERATURE AS TOPIC; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 78649904312     PISSN: 00320943     EISSN: 14390221     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-0030-1250456     Document Type: Review

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