Chinese herbal medicine research in eczema treatment

Chinese Medicine

Volumn 6, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Hon, Kam L ^a   Chan, Ben C ^a   Leung, Ping C ^a  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BU ZHONG YI QI TANG; CHLORPHENIRAMINE MALEATE; HERBACEOUS AGENT; PENTAHERB; SHUANGFUJIN; STEROID; TACROLIMUS; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ATOPIC DERMATITIS; CHINESE MEDICINE; COCHRANE LIBRARY; DIARRHEA; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG FORMULATION; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG TOLERABILITY; ECZEMA; HUMAN; MEDLINE; NAUSEA; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW;

EID: 79955142663     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17498546     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1749-8546-6-17     Document Type: Review

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