Hwangryunhaedoktang in adult patients with Atopic Dermatitis: A randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled, two-centre trial - study protocol

BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine

Volumn 11, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Kim, Nam Kwen ^a   Lee, Dong Hyo ^a   Seo, Hyung Sik ^b   Sun, Seung Ho ^c   Oh, Yong Leol ^a   Kim, Ji Eun ^c   Yoon, In Hwan ^a   Seo, Eun Sung ^a   Shim, Gye Seon ^a   Zaslawski, Christopher ^d  

^a Wonkwang University   (South Korea)

^b Pusan National University   (South Korea)

^c Sangji University   (South Korea)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HERBACEOUS AGENT; HWANGRYUNHAEDOKTANG; PLACEBO; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; PLANT EXTRACT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATOPIC DERMATITIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; FOLLOW UP; HERBAL MEDICINE; HUMAN; KOREA; MULTICENTER STUDY; ORIENTAL MEDICINE; PLACEBO EFFECT; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TREATMENT DURATION; UNSPECIFIED SIDE EFFECT; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; FEMALE; MALE; QUALITY OF LIFE; SOUTH KOREA;

ADULT; CLINICAL PROTOCOLS; DERMATITIS, ATOPIC; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; HERBAL MEDICINE; HUMANS; MALE; PLANT EXTRACTS; QUALITY OF LIFE; REPUBLIC OF KOREA;

EID: 80052029971     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726882     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6882-11-68     Document Type: Article

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