A traditional Chinese medicine versus Western combination therapy in the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis: Two-stage study protocol for a randomized controlled trial

Trials

Volumn 12, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Zhang, Chi ^a   Jiang, Miao ^a   Lu, Aiping ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF CHINESE MATERIA MEDICA   (China)

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Indexed keywords

CHINESE DRUG; METHOTREXATE; SALAZOSULFAPYRIDINE; TRIPTERYGIUM WILFORDII POLYGLYCOSIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; YI SHEN JUAN BI; ANTIRHEUMATIC AGENT; HERBACEOUS AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHINESE MEDICINE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG DESIGN; DRUG EFFICACY; HERBAL MEDICINE; HUMAN; MULTICENTER STUDY; OPEN STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; THERAPY; CHINA; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; DRUG COMBINATION; METHODOLOGY; RHEUMATIC FEVER; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ANTIRHEUMATIC AGENTS; CHINA; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; DRUGS, CHINESE HERBAL; HUMANS; MEDICINE, CHINESE TRADITIONAL; RESEARCH DESIGN; RHEUMATIC FEVER; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 79957799824     PISSN: 17456215     EISSN: 17456215     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1745-6215-12-137     Document Type: Article

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