A case of mediastinal lymphangioma successfully treated with kampo medicine

Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 563-565

  Ogawa Ochiai, Keiko ^a   Sekiya, Nobuyasu ^b   Kasahara, Yuji ^c   Chino, Atsushi ^c   Ueda, Keigo ^a   Kimata, Yumiko ^a   Yamamoto, Satoshi ^c   Okimoto, Yuri ^d   Higashimoto, Hiroyuki ^d   Namiki, Takao ^c   Terasawa, Katsutoshi ^e  

^a CHIBA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^b Medical Affairs Section   (Japan)

^c CHIBA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d CHIBA CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^e Chiba Central Medical Center   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EPIKAJUTSUTO; HERBACEOUS AGENT; KAMPO; OGIKENCHUTO; PICIBANIL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADD ON THERAPY; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; BLOOD EXAMINATION; CASE REPORT; CERVICAL SPINE RADIOGRAPHY; CHILD; DRUG EFFICACY; HUMAN; LUNG INFECTION; LYMPHANGIOMA; MALE; MEDIASTINAL LYMPHANGIOMA; MEDIASTINUM MASS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SWELLING; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

ANGIOSPERMS; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS, PHYTOGENIC; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; HUMANS; LYMPHANGIOMA; MALE; MEDIASTINAL NEOPLASMS; MEDIASTINUM; MEDICINE, KAMPO; MINERALS; NUTRITION THERAPY; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANT EXTRACTS;

EID: 79958187039     PISSN: 10755535     EISSN: 15577708     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/acm.2010.0562     Document Type: Article

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