Association between tongue appearance in Traditional Chinese Medicine and effective response in treatment of rheumatoid arthritis

Complementary Therapies in Medicine

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 115-121

  Jiang, Miao ^a,b   Zha, Qinglin ^c   Lu, Cheng ^a,b   He, Yiting ^d   Lu, Aiping ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTE OF CHINESE MATERIA MEDICA   (China)

^b SHANGHAI UNIVERSITY OF TRADITIONAL CHINESE MEDICINE   (China)

^c JIANGXI UNIVERSITY OF TRADITIONAL CHINESE MEDICINE   (China)

^d GUANGDONG PROVINCIAL HOSPITAL OF CHINESE MEDICINE   (China)

Author keywords

Efficacy; Rheumatoid arthritis; TCM pattern; Tongue body; Tongue coating

Indexed keywords

CHINESE DRUG; CORTICOSTEROID; DICLOFENAC; GLUCOSIDORUM TRIPTERGYLL TOTORUM TABLET; METHOTREXATE; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; SALAZOSULFAPYRIDINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; YISHEN JUANBI TABLET;

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CHINESE MEDICINE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ACTIVITY; DISEASE ACTIVITY SCORE; DRUG DOSE INCREASE; DRUG EFFICACY; FEMALE; GENDER; HUMAN; INTENTION TO TREAT ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SCORING SYSTEM; TONGUE; TONGUE APPEARANCE; TONGUE BODY COLOR; TONGUE COATING; TONGUE FUR; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

ADULT; ANTIRHEUMATIC AGENTS; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; COLOR; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; DRUGS, CHINESE HERBAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MEDICINE, CHINESE TRADITIONAL; METHOTREXATE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYTOTHERAPY; SULFASALAZINE; TONGUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 79957949837     PISSN: 09652299     EISSN: 18736963     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ctim.2011.05.002     Document Type: Article

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